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Designing React Hooks the Right Way

You're reading from   Designing React Hooks the Right Way Explore design techniques and solutions to debunk the myths about adopting states using React Hooks

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803235950
Length 278 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Fang Jin Fang Jin
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Introducing the Function Component 2. Chapter 2: Crafting States in Functions FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Hooking into React 4. Chapter 4: Use State to Jumpstart Components 5. Chapter 5: Use Effect to Handle Side Effects 6. Chapter 6: Use Memo to Boost Performance 7. Chapter 7: Use Context to Cover an Area 8. Chapter 8: Use Ref to Hide Stuff 9. Chapter 9: Use Custom Hooks to Reuse Logic 10. Chapter 10: Building a Website with React 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Test driving the useEffect hook

The effect callback is defined in the useEffect hook's first input argument:

function Title() {
  useEffect(() => {
    window.title = "" 
  })  
}

The most common way of using the create function can be defined by using the JavaScript ES6 syntax with an inline function, (() => {}). For readers interested in learning more about JavaScript ES6, please see the Embracing JavaScript ES6 section in Chapter 10, Building a Website with React.

One of the interesting facts about this effect function is that, thanks to JavaScript closures, it can access all of the variables defined in the functional component:

function Title({ text }) {
  const a = 2
  useEffect(() => {
     console.log(a)
     console.log(text)
  })
}

The create callback function in the preceding code references both the a variable...

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