Creating a simple strongly-typed context for function components

In this lesson, we will learn what context is and discover how TypeScript can infer the type for it.

Understanding React context #

React context allows several components in a tree to share some data. It’s more convenient than passing the data via props down the component tree.

The context is provided at a point in the component tree, and then all the children of the provider can access the context if they wish.

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