Kyle Shevlin • 5/5/2022

Updating State with a Component

This technical article discusses a React pattern for updating application state through a component itself, rather than a traditional state updater function. It uses the specific example of managing a page heading that needs to be rendered in a layout header from within page content components. The post explores initial prop-based solutions, then details an implementation using React Context and a custom hook to provide a cleaner, more maintainable architecture.

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