react-graphql-apollo-tutorial/react-apollo-connecting-layers

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* 1. What’s React’s context API?

It’s a way to transport data from a top level component to a child component without using props.

It opens up a “tunnel” between Provider and Consumer components.

It is used to configure the network layer of React.

It replaces Redux and Apollo Client.

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* 2. Why is Apollo Client framework agnostic?

Because the Apollo Client can be used with any view-layer solution.

Because there exist connection libraries to bridge between data-layer and view-layer.

Because it is only used with React.

Because it can only be used in Node.js environments.

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* 3. Why do you have implicit access to the Apollo Client in your React components?

Because React’s context API allows one to inject the Apollo Client instance to the component tree.

Because its possible to perform queries and mutations from within the component tree without using the Apollo Client instance directly.

Because the Apollo Client is used directly in the component layer.

Because it is passed to the Provider component which uses React’s context API under the hood.

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* 4. Why is the Provider component used as top level component?

Because Provider components are used to give the whole component tree access to information.

Because then the Consumer components can be used somewhere down the component tree to access information.

Because Redux is using it this way too.

Because it can use its children property to render the whole component tree below.

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