This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Usama
Hey everyone 👋
This week was all about diving deeper into React state management and understanding how components talk to each other. It was both challenging and fun — especially when I started seeing how everything connects together.
🧠 What I Learned This Week
Here’s a quick rundown of the core concepts I focused on:
🧩 State Management
Learned how React handles dynamic data using useState and how state updates trigger UI re-renders.
🎛 Controlled Components
Got comfortable with form inputs that are controlled via React state — ensuring the UI always reflects the current data.
⬆️ Lifting Up State
Practiced moving state to a parent component to share data across multiple child components. This helped me understand how to keep data in sync across the app.
🔁 Child-to-Parent Communication
Explored how to pass data or trigger actions from child components back to parents using callback functions.
⚙️ Derived State
Discovered how to compute values based on existing state instead of storing redundant data. This made my code cleaner and easier to manage.
💻 Mini Project: Listo
I continued working on my mini project Listo this week.
It’s not fully complete yet, but I made some solid progress.
☁️ Big Update: Firebase Integration!
The most exciting part — I integrated Firebase into my Listo project today! 🎉
Now my app is officially connected to the cloud, which opens the door for real-time updates and multi-device access.
🏁 Wrapping Up
This week helped me truly understand how state flows in React — from parent to child and vice versa.
Next, I’ll be focusing on polishing my Listo project and exploring more about data persistence and authentication using Firebase.
Thanks for reading! If you’re also learning React, I’d love to hear what topics you found the most tricky or interesting this week. 💬
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Usama
Usama | Sciencx (2025-11-03T18:22:54+00:00) 🗓 Week 5 Recap — Leveling Up My React Skills!. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2025/11/03/%f0%9f%97%93-week-5-recap-leveling-up-my-react-skills/
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