React Three

Component Lifecycle & React Review

What is the Component Lifecycle?

The Component Lifecycle refers to the 'life' and 'death' of a React component.

There are three main phases of the lifecycle:

Mounting

Updating

Unmounting

Lifecycle Methods

In React, we can take advantage of a Components Lifecycle with built-in lifecycle methods.

These methods allow us to perform functionality at different parts of the component lifecycle.

Some of the more common lifecycle methods are:

componentDidMount( )

componentDidUpdate( )

render( )

https://reactjs.org/docs/state-and-lifecycle.html

When Lifecycle Methods Fire

componentDidMount

componentDidMount will be invoked after the component initially renders on the screen. This is a great method if you need certain functionality to fire as soon as the component is in the viewport.

import React, {Component} from 'react';

class GreetingComponent extends Component {
  constructor(){
    super();
    this.state = {
      username: 'Matt'
    }
  }
  
  componentDidMount(){
    alert(`Hello, ${this.state.username}`)
  }
  
  render(){
    <div>Display Here</div>
  }
}

export default GreetingComponent;

Render is invoked to mount the display

Invoked after render

componentDidUpdate

componentDidUpdate won't fire after the initial render, but on each render after. Remember, render will be re-invoked after any change in state or props.

componentDidUpdate(prevProps, prevState){
//componentDidUpdate optionally takes in a reference to the 
//previous props and state objects to make comparisons if needed
  alert(`New username is ${this.state.username}`)
}
  
changeUsername = () => {
 this.setState({
   username: 'Bob Ross'
 })
}
  
render(){
  <div>Display Here</div>
}

Render is invoked after state changes

Function changes state

componentDidUpdate is invoked after render