React is the most popular front-end framework in the JavaScript ecosystem. It is famous for its ease of use and its readability, allowing companies an

Why hooks are the best thing to happen to React

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React is the most popular front-end framework in the JavaScript ecosystem. It is famous for its ease of use and its readability, allowing companies and startups to adopt it. But classes can be unwieldy and hard to understand. Hooks allow you to use state, lifecycle methods, and other functionalities of React without using classes. 

Originally, React mainly used class components, which can be strenuous at times as you always had to switch between classes, higher-order components, and render props. With React hooks, you can now do all these without switching, using functional components. Hooks make React so much better because you have simpler code that implements similar functionalities faster and more effectively. You can also implement React state and lifecycle methods without writing classes.

Comparing both sets of code above, the functional component has significantly simpler code that performs the same function; there’s no need to allocate space to a class instance, then call a render() function, you just call the function. React hooks have so many benefits and functions they perform, but one of the big ones is to make the React lifecycle methods easier.

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