When Hooks were initially released, I was excited, but also skeptical. Being able to rely only on functions was fantastic. On the other hand, Hooks such as useEffect required the whole React community to rethink how to approach managing side effects.

Hooks made it very easy to handle the most commonplace things, such as rendering and managing state. For such things, most of the time, you can get away with not actually knowing that much about Hooks. Still, now and then, you will need to handle more complex requirements and this requires you to have a deep understanding of when to apply which Hook.

In his book, Daniel starts from the very beginning. Anyone with a basic understanding of React can get started with it. Even so, this book goes very deep and even someone experienced with Hooks will most likely learn something new since Daniel also touches on design decisions and shows basic implementations of the presented concepts. Also, while he covers the theory well, each chapter has plenty of hands-on examples.

Nik Graf
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