A Guide to the useState Hook

Learn how to implement the useState hook.

Implement the useState hook

Now that we have seen the data structure of useState, it's time for us to go over the source code and see how this data structure is utilized in the implementation.

The source code of useState is structured in a typical hook way in that it takes a path of either mountState or updateState, depending on if the fiber is under mount or update.

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