higher-order-component.md

Higher-Order Component

What is Higher-Order Component?

• Higher-Order Components in ReactJS is similar to Higher-Order Functions.
• A higher-order component is a function that takes a component and returns a new component.
• A higher-order component transforms a component into another component.

For examples

Let's create a HOC that returns the component unaltered.

const withElement = Element => () => <Element />

Let's make this a little bit more useful by adding the property and the color to that element.

const withColor = Element => props => <Element {...props} color="red" />

Then we use this HOC (withColor) in a component.

const Button = () => {
  return <button>My Button</button>
}

const ColoredButton = withColor(Button)

Then we can finally render the ColoredButton component in our app.

function App() {
  return (
    <ColoredButton />
  )
}