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Learn React Hooks

You're reading from   Learn React Hooks Build and refactor modern React.js applications using Hooks

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838641443
Length 426 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Daniel Bugl Daniel Bugl
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Introduction to Hooks
2. Introducing React and React Hooks FREE CHAPTER 3. Using the State Hook 4. Writing Your First Application with React Hooks 5. Section 2: Understanding Hooks in Depth
6. Using the Reducer and Effect Hooks 7. Implementing React Context 8. Implementing Requests and React Suspense 9. Using Hooks for Routing 10. Using Community Hooks 11. Rules of Hooks 12. Building Your Own Hooks 13. Section 3: Integration and Migration
14. Migrating from React Class Components 15. Redux and Hooks 16. MobX and Hooks 17. Assessments 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

React life cycles with Hooks

As we have learned in the previous chapters, we can use the useEffect Hook to model most of React's life cycle methods. However, if you prefer dealing with React life cycle directly, instead of using Effect Hooks, there is a library called react-hookedup, which provides various Hooks, including Hooks for the various React life cycles. Additionally, the library provides a merging State Hook, which works similarly to this.setState() in React's class components.

The useOnMount Hook

The useOnMount Hook has a similar effect to the componentDidMount life cycle. It is used as follows:

import React from 'react'
import { useOnMount } from 'react-hookedup'

export default function...
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