ReactJS by Example - Building Modern Web Applications with React

Props validation

"React provides a way to validate the props using PropTypes. This is extremely useful to ensure that the components are used correctly. Here is an example of using propTypes for our app." explained Mike.

var App = React.createClass({
  propTypes: {
   headings: React.PropTypes.array,
   changeSets: React.PropTypes.array,
   author: React.PropTypes.string.isRequired
   },
  
  render: function(){
    return(<table className = 'table'>
             <Headings headings = {this.props.headings} />
             <Rows changeSets = {this.props.changeSets} />
           </table>);
    }
});

"Oh! Will it show an error as we are not passing the author, which is required, I assume? I see that propTypes has set the author value to be isRequired." Shawn asked.

"No. It will not throw an error, but it will show ...