Using the Effect Hook – React

These docs are old and won’t be updated. Go to react.dev for the new React docs. These new documentation pages teach modern React and include live examples: Synchronizing with Effects You Might Not Need an Effect useEffect Hooks are a new addition in React 16.8. They let you use state and other React features without writing a class. The Effect Hook lets you perform side effects in function compon

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“Unlike componentDidMount or componentDidUpdate, effects scheduled with useEffect don’t block the browser from updating the screen. ”