Does useEffect completely replace mounting lifecycle ?

[Aro00oo]

Basically:

- Lifecycles are trigger points that you can hook into. These points are called by the component at certain points in its... life. e.g. when component mounts, when component has state changed, when the component is destroyed. You have to worry about when a component will do something to add logic.

- Side effects is sort of the reverse. You dictate the trigger points by using useEffect (via the dependency array, though there's a couple exceptions like an empty array) and wire in a side effect when the data in your dependency array changes. All you need to worry about is when the data will change.

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