alt Hacker NewsThe annoying thing about solid coming from react is that every prop for every component needs to be a function that returns a value instead of just a value, otherwise that prop can never be updated.
The annoying thing about solid coming from react is that every prop for every component needs to be a function that returns a value instead of just a value, otherwise that prop can never be updated.
That's not quite right! I made the same mistake in a Solid project.
The deal is that your `props` parameter is reactive. If you use `props.x`, and the value of `x` later changes, that bit of your component will update.
The catch is that you have to access it via `props` -- if you extract it, e.g. "const { x } = props", subsequent uses of `x` aren't reactive. Sometimes that's actually what you want, sometimes not.
Like you, I ended up turning lots of props into accessor functions -- `props.x()` -- so it's clear exactly when they're being used. This isn't necessary if you're careful to access via `props` and not extract fields prematurely. But sometimes I like being explicit about it, so I still sometimes use function props.