Arrow functions and the use of parentheses () or {} or ({})

Question

I cannot understand why in the arrow functions we do not need to wrap the literal of arrow function in the ({}) braces, instead of in this exam

Answer 1

const add = ( a, b ) => ( a + b )

Is equivalent to

const add = ( a, b ) => { return a+b; }

When you use the () after your => it just automatically returns the values inside.

Edit: you can also ommit the () entirely, thanks to Tom Fenesh

Answer 2

Using ({}) is to destructure the arguments and => () is an implicit return equivalent to => { return ()} and ( only serves to disambiguate between the start of an object and the opening braces of a function body and would generally be used when you have a multiline return value. You could simply avoid using ( and have the NavLink in the same line as the arrow =>

const FilterLink = ({ filter, children }) => ( // <-- implicit return 
  <NavLink
    to={filter === 'SHOW_ALL' ? '/' : `/${ filter }`}
    activeStyle={ {
      textDecoration: 'none',
      color: 'black'
    }}
  >
    {children}
  </NavLink>
)

is equivalent to

const FilterLink = ({ filter, children }) => {
   return (
      <NavLink
        to={filter === 'SHOW_ALL' ? '/' : `/${ filter }`}
        activeStyle={ {
          textDecoration: 'none',
          color: 'black'
        }}
      >
        {children}
      </NavLink>
    )
}

Check this answer for more details on the usage of destructuring in ({ filter, children })