Is the call to super(props) in an ES6 class important?

Question

Suppose I\'ve the following class:

class Tabs extends React.Component {
  displayName: Tabs;

  static propTypes = {
  selected: React.PropTypes.number,
  ch         


        

Answer 1

According to Sophie Alpert with the React team it's only necessary to pass props into the constructor if you intend on using this.props inside the constructor. After the constructor is invoked, React attaches the props to the component from the outside.