It's kinda strange that the setState() method doesn't return a promise.
setState()
React uses a callback style programming mostly as promises are still difficult to grasp and a little bit more expensive.
True, but in React-Native examples they also use promises and async functions.
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It's kinda strange that the
setState()method doesn't return a promise.React uses a callback style programming mostly as promises are still difficult to grasp and a little bit more expensive.
True, but in React-Native examples they also use promises and async functions.