Gian Marco Toso
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recycle your application logic
by Gian Marco Toso - @gianmarcotoso
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Hooks are functions that can be called within a function component;
They allow to manage operations such as side effects, local state management, memoization and context access
import React, { useState, useEffect, useMemo } from 'react'
export function MyAwesomeComponent({ title }) {
const [count, setCount] = useState(0)
useEffect(() => {
console.log('The counter has changed!')
}, [count])
useEffect(() => {
console.log('The title has changed!')
}, [title])
const expensiveValue = useMemo(() => {
for(let i = 0; i < 10e5; i++);
return 42
})
return (
<div>
<h1>{title}</h1>
<div>
<span>I have counted to {count}</span>
<button onClick={() => setCount(c => c + 1)}>One more!</button>
</div>
<div>This is an expensive value: {expensive}</div>
</div>
)
}
React provides a certain number of default hooks
These can be composed, along with custom logic, to create custom, reusable hooks that encapsulate any kind of application logic
import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react'
export function useRemoteData() {
const [data, setData] = useState(null)
const [error, setError] = useState(null)
const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false)
useEffect(() => {
setLoading(true)
fetch('https://my.api.com/data')
.then(res => {
return res.json()
})
.then(json => {
setData(json)
})
.catch(error => {
setError(error)
})
.finally(() => {
setLoading(false)
})
}, [])
return { data, error, loading }
}
By Gian Marco Toso
A short overview of React Hooks
Drinking coffee and saving the world. Software Engineer and professional geek