Interview Strike: React & .NET Interview Prep

When you start building React applications, one of the first challenges you’ll face is managing state across multiple components. Passing props down through multiple levels (known as prop drilling) quickly becomes messy. That’s where the React Context API comes to the rescue. In this blog, we’ll break down Context API step by step with definitions, explanations, and code examples. 1. React.createContext → Creating Context Definition : React.createContext is used to create a Context object that allows data to be shared across the component tree without manually passing props at every level. Explanation : When you create a context, React gives you two important things: Provider → supplies the data Consumer → retrieves the data Example : import React, { createContext } from "react"; // Step 1: Create a Context const ThemeContext = createContext(); function App() {   return (     <ThemeContext.Provider value="dark">       <Toolbar />     ...