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Designing React Hooks the Right Way

By : Fang Jin
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Designing React Hooks the Right Way

By: Fang Jin

Overview of this book

React hook creates a unique solution for using states in function components to orchestrate UI communication. They provide you with an easy interface to write custom data management solutions with low development and maintenance costs. Understanding how Hooks are designed enables you to use them more effectively, and this book helps you to do just that. This book starts with a custom-crafted solution to reveal why Hooks are needed in the first place. You will learn about the React engine and discover how each built-in Hook can manage a persistent value by hooking into it. You will walk through the design and implementation of each hook with code so that you gain a solid understanding. Finally, you'll get to grips with each Hook's pitfalls and find out how to effectively overcome them. By the end of this React book, you'll have gained the confidence to build and write Hooks for developing functional and efficient web applications at scale.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

Code in text: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "The element can be as simple as h1, a div element, or it can be an artificial element that does things differently."

A block of code is set as follows:

fetch('/giveMeANumber').then(res => { 
  ReactDOM.render(<Title />, rootEl) 
}) 

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

let c = 3
function add(a, b) {
  console.log(a, b)
  return a + b + c
}

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For instance, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in bold. Here is an example: "This flag can be used to decide if the UI should display the Logout or Login button."

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