The latest articles on DEV Community by Jenny Phan (@jennyphan). https://dev.to/jennyphan https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F190863%2F84c7bfaa-3c31-47b3-939d-7de138136c6c.png https://dev.to/jennyphan en Jenny Phan Fri, 05 Jul 2019 13:00:24 +0000 https://dev.to/jennyphan/help-with-react-hooks-and-event-handlers-4g39 https://dev.to/jennyphan/help-with-react-hooks-and-event-handlers-4g39 <p>I'm quite new to React so bare with me:) I recently started using React hooks and I realized that you cannot use hooks within event handlers. This is a little confusing to me but maybe I am not understanding something. I am able to use useSetState hook within an event handler with no issues, so this confuses me. One issue my team is facing is this - how to call a hook when an event is being fired in a class that isn’t even in your react code?</p>