Displaying the current user permission with PNPJs

The idea behind the sample

This sample shows how to use PNPJs to get the current users permission on the specific list item. Then a corresponding icon and text is shown in the field. For this sample I'm using simplified roles, so the code is is only checking for edit or read permissions.

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