Debugging with React Developer Tools
Explore how to use React Developer Tools to inspect component hierarchies, state, and props in your React application. Learn to monitor state changes during user interactions and debug asynchronous requests within your Hacker News app. This lesson helps you understand practical debugging techniques and use developer tool features like highlighting updates and navigating source code for effective troubleshooting.
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Introducing React Developer Tools
React Developer Tools lets you inspect the React components hierarchy, props and state. It comes as a browser extension for Chrome and Firefox and as a standalone app that works with other environments. Once installed, the extension icon will light up on websites using React. On such pages, you will see a tab called “React” in your browser’s developer tools.
Debugging the Hacker News App
Let’s try it on our Hacker News application. On most browsers, a quick way to bring the dev tools up is to right-click on the page and than hit “Inspect”. Do it when your application is loaded, then click on the “React” ...