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<p data-height="600" data-theme-id="0" data-slug-hash="BwWzwm" data-default-tab="js" data-user="lacker" data-embed-version="2" class="codepen">See the Pen <a href="https://codepen.io/gaearon/pen/BwWzwm">Thinking In React: Step 2</a> on <a href="https://codepen.io">CodePen</a>.</p>
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Note; this code will work only for sample json provided, if category order in array is shuffled, category rows will be repeated.

Now that you have your component hierarchy, it's time to implement your app. The easiest way is to build a version that takes your data model and renders the UI but has no interactivity. It's best to decouple these processes because building a static version requires a lot of typing and no thinking, and adding interactivity requires a lot of thinking and not a lot of typing. We'll see why.

To build a static version of your app that renders your data model, you'll want to build components that reuse other components and pass data using *props*. *props* are a way of passing data from parent to child. If you're familiar with the concept of *state*, **don't use state at all** to build this static version. State is reserved only for interactivity, that is, data that changes over time. Since this is a static version of the app, you don't need it.
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