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6.7 UNDERSTANDING DEPENDENCY<br />
BETWEEN COMPONENTS<br />
Demonstrate an understanding of the links, imports, exports, and<br />
listens UiComponent configuration directives.<br />
Links, imports, exports, and listens are how UI components share data between<br />
themselves. Having an understanding of each of these pieces will simplify your<br />
development responsibilities.<br />
Some of the examples in this section have been adapted from Mage2.tv’s discourse<br />
on the matter. These videos have greatly augmented my knowledge in this area.<br />
HELPFUL LINKS:<br />
• https://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.2/ui_comp_guide/<br />
concepts/ui_comp_linking_concept.html<br />
tracks:<br />
In order for a property to be updateable by the following methods, you must add<br />
this property to the defaults.tracks object. This converts each property<br />
specified in the object or array into an observable property.<br />
imports:<br />
imports is an object that resides in a UiComponent’s defaults object. It<br />
retrieves data from another UI Component and assigns that to a property in the<br />
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