freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/03-front-end-libraries/react/use-default-props.md

id, title, challengeType, forumTopicId, dashedName

id	title	challengeType	forumTopicId	dashedName
5a24c314108439a4d403616b	Use Default Props	6	301418	use-default-props

--description--

React also has an option to set default props. You can assign default props to a component as a property on the component itself and React assigns the default prop if necessary. This allows you to specify what a prop value should be if no value is explicitly provided. For example, if you declare MyComponent.defaultProps = { location: 'San Francisco' }, you have defined a location prop that's set to the string San Francisco, unless you specify otherwise. React assigns default props if props are undefined, but if you pass null as the value for a prop, it will remain null.

--instructions--

The code editor shows a ShoppingCart component. Define default props on this component which specify a prop items with a value of 0.

--hints--

The ShoppingCart component should render.

assert(
  (function () {
    const mockedComponent = Enzyme.mount(React.createElement(ShoppingCart));
    return mockedComponent.find('ShoppingCart').length === 1;
  })()
);

The ShoppingCart component should have a default prop of { items: 0 }.

assert(
  (function () {
    const mockedComponent = Enzyme.mount(React.createElement(ShoppingCart));
    mockedComponent.setProps({ items: undefined });
    return mockedComponent.find('ShoppingCart').props().items === 0;
  })()
);

--seed--

--after-user-code--

ReactDOM.render(<ShoppingCart />, document.getElementById('root'))

--seed-contents--

const ShoppingCart = (props) => {
  return (
    <div>
      <h1>Shopping Cart Component</h1>
    </div>
  )
};
// Change code below this line

--solutions--

const ShoppingCart = (props) => {
  return (
    <div>
      <h1>Shopping Cart Component</h1>
    </div>
  )
};

// Change code below this line
ShoppingCart.defaultProps = {
  items: 0
}