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Improve Functional and Class Components in Component and Props

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Description

Just filling this issue after a tweet from @gaearon https://twitter.com/dan_abramov/status/993105470754705408

The Component and Props docs are a bit sparse on the differences between functional and class components (and the motivation behind those differences) but still mention that this difference exists and give an example of both: https://reactjs.org/docs/components-and-props.html#functional-and-class-components

While I personally am not sure the motivation/history behind class components is very useful to beginners it might be helpful to expand on the "additional features" beyond mentioning that they will be discussed in the next sections.

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Research direction

Start with the “Functional and Class Components” section of the Component and Props documentation linked in the issue. Read the surrounding sections to understand which additional class-component features are explained later, then expand the comparison and motivation without duplicating those sections. Done means the page gives beginners a clearer explanation of the differences and why they matter.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, react
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
Half a day
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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