componentDidUpdate Equivalent
- When you want to perform actions every time the component updates, you can use
useEffect
a dependency array containing the variables you want to watch for changes. This will cause the effect to run after every render if any of the dependencies have changed, similar to the behavior ofcomponentDidUpdate
.
useEffect(() => {
// Perform actions here that you want to execute after each
//render or when certain dependencies change
}, [dependency1, dependency2]);
// Specify dependencies in the array to watch for changes
- Use
useEffect
with a dependency array containing the variables you want to watch for changes. - The effect will run after each render if any of the specified dependencies have changed, similar to
componentDidUpdate
.
How useEffect replaces componentDidMount and componentDidUpdate methods?
In React, the useEffect
hook can be used to replicate the behavior of both componentDidMount
and componentDidUpdate
lifecycle methods.
Here’s how you can achieve that:
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