destructure-variables-as-props-to-a-component.md

Destructure Variables As Props To A Component

When passing down props, a redundant-feeling pattern can sometimes emerge.

const MyComponent = ({ handleChange, handleBlur }) => {
  return (
    <div>
      <OtherComponent />
      <MySubComponent handleChange={handleChange} handleBlur={handleBlur} />
    </div>
  )
};

The typing feel duplicative, as if there ought to be a better way. One option is to simply pass down all the props:

<MySubComponent {...props} />

This approach may result in passing down props that we don't intend to pass down and clutters the flow of data in our app.

Here is another approach:

const MyComponent = ({ handleChange, handleBlur }) => {
  return (
    <div>
      <OtherComponent />
      <MySubComponent {...{handleChange, handleBlur}} />
    </div>
  )
};

Here we are taking advantage of two ES6 features. Since the naming is the same, we can use property shorthands. Then we immediately use the spread operator to splat it back out as the props to the component.

h/t Vidal Ekechukwu