Yeah this whole thing needs to get redone, they keep saying its in the works, but i've been keeping an eye on this for months now with no updates. feels like its a lost cause... :(

You do have decent inline comments however due to the number of files, walking thought this whole project is a pain. I've tried doing so and its just far to complex to try and figure it out this way. Also as far as this being "beginner friendly" its FAR from that. If you want something to be beginner friendly docs need to be released the same time as major updates.

also i'd be more than happy to help, even if its just reviewing the docs. Im currently in the perfect spot to review it. I have programming experience, but minimal node on down (or up?)

it looks like Mern.slack.com is taken, did you set it up? Also if we use Slack we'll need some sort of auto inviter (unless they changed that?)

Im sort of surprised you havent received an answer yet, so im going to chime in. Im obviously not the best person to answer this, but here goes. So in any of the docs i've read in regards to react it says to keep things as high as possible in the chain so that lower level components are pure, which decreases the odds of bugs being there. This means that you should have one high level container that not only holds your compoents, but also maintains state here which is then passed down to the child components. As far as the function to use, it should probably be in the compoentDidMount. sorry i cant be of more help, hopefully someone else chimes in

i need the same thing. It seems like all the docs are a bit behind. I read there is a new tutorial on the way but when will that be? Also can we get a wiki? that way its easier for the community to help keep it up to date.

i know i'd prefer slack, but any of those will do. Redit not so much, because its just a forum really and thats what we have here, but an actual chat would be great.