Solving a problem using React

Before you start writing code for your web application, you need to think about the problems that your web application is going to solve. It's very important to understand that defining the problem as clearly and as early as possible is the most important step toward a successful solution—a useful web application. If you fail to define your problem early in your development process, or you define it inaccurately, then later on you'll have to stop, rethink about what you're doing, throw away a piece of the code that you have already written, and write a new one. This is a wasteful approach, and as a professional software developer your time is very valuable, not only to you but also to your organization, so it's in your best interests to invest it wisely. Earlier in this book, I stressed on the fact that one of the benefits of using React is code reuse, which means that you'll be able to do more in less time. However, before we take a look at the React code,...