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React State: Creating a Matching Game

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Level
Intermediate
Last updated
Sep 20, 2025
Duration
3h 2m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Instantiate the state

    In this module we will hydrate the state of the game. ### Solution To view the solution, run git diff origin/master..module-2-solution in the Terminal, and press Enter to see the next lines of the difference.

    You may also browse the files of the solution by stashing your changes with git stash and running git checkout module-2-solution to switch branches.

  2. Challenge

    Create the tile clicked handler

    In this module we will create the handleTileClicked event handler, as well as finish wiring up the basics of the game. ### Solution To view the solution, run git diff origin/master..module-3-solution in the Terminal, and press Enter to see the next lines of the difference.

    You may also browse the files of the solution by stashing your changes with git stash and running git checkout module-3-solution to switch branches.

  3. Challenge

    Create the useHover() hook

    In this module we will build a custom hook that uses the useRef, useState, and useHover hooks. ### Solution To view the solution, run git diff origin/master..module-4-solution in the Terminal, and press Enter to see the next lines of the difference.

    You may also browse the files of the solution by stashing your changes with git stash and running git checkout module-4-solution to switch branches.

  4. Challenge

    Copy the App to a new directory

    In this module we will refactor part of the app to use the Context API. Do note that the size of this app doesn't necessarily lend itself well to using Context. We could more easily fix the issue of passing props through too many components by fixing the Apps composition. For more on this subject see the react docs: https://reactjs.org/docs/context.html#before-you-use-context ### Solution To view the solution, run git diff origin/master..module-5-solution in the Terminal, and press Enter to see the next lines of the difference.

    You may also browse the files of the solution by stashing your changes with git stash and running git checkout module-5-solution to switch branches.

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