Glossary term
What is Props?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Props" means: Values you pass into a component, like attributes on an HTML tag. The component reads them and never changes them. It is taught in React and Next.js: Build Modern Web Apps. Related terms include JSX, Render, Component and State. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Props?
Values you pass into a component, like attributes on an HTML tag. The component reads them and never changes them.
Where is Props taught?
Props is defined in React and Next.js: Build Modern Web Apps.
Which lessons cover Props?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- React and Next.js: Build Modern Web Apps, lesson 1.3: Components and props
- React and Next.js: Build Modern Web Apps, lesson 3.1: Lifting state up
- React and Next.js: Build Modern Web Apps, lesson 3.3: Context: share state without passing props down every level
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Props?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at intermediate level:
- React and Next.js: Build Modern Web Apps: Basic JavaScript: you can write a function, use variables with const and let, work with arrays and objects, and have seen map and filter. Modules 1 and 2 explain destructuring and spread the first time they appear.