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You might want your state hook to be an object. Which is fine, it can absolutely be one. const [state, setState = useState({ language: 'React', proficiency: 'confused' }); The trouble comes when you try to update it. You might think you c...
There are lots of things you can use GitHub Actions for. I used them because I saw on some open source projects that when you sent a PR, it ran some tests and I wanted to know how you do that. On my project I have it running Jest and Cypress tests, a...
I can say why I think TypeScript could be useful. But it's only when I personally find a use for something that I really understand why it's useful. In my code I had a function that set the number of decimal places of a number. Here's a simplified ve...
I had a problem with updating state in my app, which drove me mad. After creating a simplified version in CodeSandbox, and a lot of Googling I eventually figured out the problem. The set up My app contains two components, Button and Text. Button cont...
This is effectively another way of storing data. The problem Let's say you have a state hook that you define in App, it's used in Child Component 1, so you pass it down to Child Component 1. It's also used in Grandchild Component 2, so you have to pa...
Custom hooks were something that confused me for a long time. I could use useState happily, but didn't see why you'd use a custom hook or how you'd create one. Until this week. The problem My app includes a component (Search) that has an input box an...
