SMRTR ProgrammingFeb 19, 2025GitConnected

The React Component Nesting Myth: What They Don’t Tell You About Inner Components

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React developers should avoid nesting child component definitions within parent components, as it causes unnecessary remounting. This practice can lead to performance issues and unexpected behavior. Instead, child components should be defined separately and imported, or lifted outside the parent component's scope to prevent remounting on every render.

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