CST438 Learning Journal 2
During this React lab, I gained a much better understanding of how React applications are structured and how the different pieces work together. One of the biggest concepts I learned was that React is built around components , which are reusable pieces of the user interface. Breaking an application into components like Login, Register, Order, and Settings made the project much easier to organize and understand. I also learned how state works using the { useState } hook. Instead of manually updating the page, React automatically re-renders components whenever the state changes. The { useEffect } hook was another important concept because it allowed me to load data from the backend when a component first renders, such as displaying a customer's order history. Another valuable lesson was learning how React communicates with a Spring Boot backend using the fetch() API. I used GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE requests to retrieve, create, update, and delete customer and order information...