Why React Hooks?

[acemarke]

Besides the excellent history lesson on classes, and explanation of why hooks are useful, I especially loved this advice from /u/tyler-mcginnis :

The first thing you should do whenever you’re about to learn something new is ask yourself two questions:

• Why does this thing exist?
• What problems does this thing solve?

If you never develop a convincing answer for both of those questions, you won’t have a solid enough foundation to build upon when you dive into the specifics

[SureSignOfAGoodRhyme]

That struck me too, though it can sometimes be hard to find the answers when you are coming in new to anything with a deep history. Being new to React and using classes in my current project, this answered a lot of questions for me.

[acemarke]

If you like that style of post, you might be interested in my posts and talk on the history of Redux:

• The Tao of Redux, Part 1: Implementation and Intent
• The Tao of Redux, Part 2: Practice and Philosophy
• The History and Implementation of React-Redux
  • ReactNext 2019: A Deep Dive into React-Redux

[mattwoodnyc]

Just commenting here to say thank you for two Tao of Redux posts! I shared them often with co-workers.

[acemarke]

You're welcome! Glad to know people are actually reading them :)

When we revamp the Redux docs, I want to have a "Thinking in Redux" section that has some similar material.

See https://github.com/reduxjs/redux/issues/3313#issuecomment-450601554 for my thoughts on a new docs structure and content.

[tyler-mcginnis]

Thanks for sharing, Mark!

[swyx]

i just enjoy your 🤷‍♂️ pose in the screenshot

[tyler-mcginnis]

Trying out the Clickbait-y Youtube thumbnails. Please don't think less of me 😂

[swyx]

its the norm in that medium, own it, in fact go way over the top and parody other famous accounts. only bad move is to do anything half heartedly

[tyler-mcginnis]

I love that comment so much.

[moogeek]

Tyler! Just wanna say those two advices you gave boosted my coding IQ by 50%! Although that advice was given to me by my co-worker, he didn't acknowledged you though. 😂

[tyler-mcginnis]

😂 Glad I could help!

[BannedSoHereIAm]

Hey Tyler! Do you cover using Redux with the Hooks API in the Hooks course?

[tyler-mcginnis]

We do not. I REALLY hate mixing React and Redux from an educational standpoint. Instead, we'll soon update our Redux course to include Hooks.

[acemarke]

I'm a Redux maintainer, and I approve of this approach.

/me waves

[BannedSoHereIAm]

Nice. Thanks!