step 1
Here's a fully functioning demo to get you started -
function Todo() {
const [items, setItems] = React.useState([])
const [value, setValue] = React.useState("")
const addItem = event =>
setItems([...items, { id: Date.now(), value, done: false }])
return <div>
<List items={items} />
<input value={value} onChange={e => setValue(e.target.value)} />
<button type="button" onClick={addItem}>Add</button>
</div>
}
function List({ items = [] }) {
return <ul>
{items.map(item =>
<ListItem key={item.id} item={item} />
)}
</ul>
}
function ListItem({ item = {} }) {
return <li>{item.value}</li>
}
ReactDOM.render(<Todo />, document.body)
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/16.14.0/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react-dom/16.14.0/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
start with good state
Note using an Array to store the items is somewhat inefficient for the kinds of operations you will need to perform. Consider using a Map instead. Run the demo again and click on a list item to toggle its state -
const update = (m, key, func) =>
new Map(m).set(key, func(m.get(key)))
function Todo() {
const [items, setItems] = React.useState(new Map)
const [value, setValue] = React.useState("")
const addItem = event => {
const id = Date.now()
setItems(update(items, id, _ => ({ id, value, done: false })))
}
const toggleItem = id => event =>
setItems(update(items, id, item => ({ ...item, done: !item.done })))
return <div>
<List items={items} onClick={toggleItem} />
<input value={value} onChange={e => setValue(e.target.value)} />
<button type="button" onClick={addItem}>Add</button>
</div>
}
function List({ items = new Map, onClick }) {
return <ul>
{Array.from(items.values(), item =>
<ListItem key={item.id} item={item} onClick={onClick(item.id)} />
)}
</ul>
}
function ListItem({ item = {}, onClick }) {
return <li onClick={onClick}>
{ item.done
? <s>{item.value}</s>
: item.value
}
</li>
}
ReactDOM.render(<Todo />, document.body)
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/16.14.0/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react-dom/16.14.0/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
do more with less
Functional programming goes a long way in React. Using a curried update
function we can take advantage of React's functional updates -
const update = (key, func) => m => // <-
new Map(m).set(key, func(m.get(key)))
function Todo() {
// ...
const addItem = event => {
const id = Date.now()
setItems(update(id, _ => ({ id, value, done: false }))) // <-
}
const toggleItem = id => event =>
setItems(update(id, item => ({ ...item, done: !item.done }))) // <-
// ...
}
but don't stop there
Avoid creating the todo item data by hand { id: ..., value: ..., done: ... }
. Instead let's make an immutable TodoItem
class to represent our data. A class also gives us an appropriate container for functions that would operate on our new data type -
class TodoItem {
constructor(id = 0, value = "", done = false) {
this.id = id
this.value = value
this.done = done
}
toggle() {
return new TodoItem(id, value, !this.done) // <- *new* data
}
}
Now our Todo
component is unmistakable with its intentions -
function Todo() {
// ...
const [items, setItems] = useState(new Map)
const addItem = event => {
const id = Date.now()
setItems(update(id, _ => new TodoItem(id, value))) // <- new TodoItem
}
const toggleItem = id => event =>
setItems(update(id, item => item.toggle())) // <- item.toggle
// ...
}