The latest articles on DEV Community by Niidarku (@niidarku). https://dev.to/niidarku 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%2F349390%2Fe68d6bfa-7be7-489d-84f0-4f1ad40c846f.jpeg https://dev.to/niidarku en Niidarku Thu, 06 May 2021 07:54:36 +0000 https://dev.to/niidarku/an-experience-i-had-using-react-hooks-useeffect-usestate-not-the-best-practice-but-why-did-it-work-1269 https://dev.to/niidarku/an-experience-i-had-using-react-hooks-useeffect-usestate-not-the-best-practice-but-why-did-it-work-1269 <p>So I was trying to perform an update on a component being mounted by fetching data from an api into a react app, I prefer functional components with hooks to class components. Upon trying to use the useEffect hook I mistakenly used useState in the same form I would have use the useEffect hook and to my surprise the request went through and the component was correctly updated 🤔. </p> <h1> react #hooks </h1>