How to Build Vote Up and Down React Component

by Abdul Rawoof A R Updated: Jan 24, 2023

Two event handlers control the vote up and down buttons in this component, which also uses the state to keep track of the current vote total. When a user presses a button, the associated event handler is invoked and uses the setState() function to change the vote count in the component's state. The current vote total is then shown via the component's render function.

addEventListener(): This method allows you to specify the type of event that needs to occur.
setState(): This method takes an object containing the new state values you want to update and merges them with the current state.
render(): This method is called every time the component's state or props are modified, allowing the component to update the UI to reflect these changes.

You may modify the component by passing props for the initial vote tally, the wording for the vote up and down buttons, and other needed features.

Here is an example of how to build a vote up and down React component;

Fig : Preview of the output that you will get on running this code from your IDE.

Code

In this solution we're using React library.

React Component vote up and down

JavaScriptLines of Code : 37License : CC BY-SA 4.0

import React from 'react';

export class VoteUpDown extends React.Component {
  constructor() {
    super();

    this.state = {
      score: 0,
    };

    this.increment = this.increment.bind(this);
    this.decrement = this.decrement.bind(this);
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <div>
        <div>{this.state.score}</div>
        <button className="countUp" onClick={this.increment}>UP</button>
        <button className="countDown" onClick={this.decrement}>DOWN</button>
      </div>
    );
  }

  increment() {
    this.setState({
      score: this.state.score + 1,
    });
  }

  decrement() {
    this.setState({
      score: this.state.score - 1,
    });
  }
}

Instructions

Follow the steps carefully to get the output easily.

Install the Node.js and React on your IDE(preferable Visual Studio Code).
Create React Application using npx create-react-app foldername.
cd foldername.
Open the folder in IDE.
Copy the code using "copy" button above and paste it in app.js file(remove the earlier code from app.js).
Open the terminal from IDE.
npm start to run the file.

I hope you found this useful. I have added the link to dependent libraries, version information in the following sections.

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Environment Tested

I tested this solution in the following versions. Be mindful of changes when working with other versions.

The solution is created in Visual Studio Code 1.73.1.
The solution is tested on node v18.12.1 and npm v8.19.2.
React version-18.2.0.

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