Gain insights into React updates since V16, including new lifecycle methods, context API, and hooks. Discover how to utilize these features for writing better modern React applications.

What’s new with React? New lifecycle methods, context API, hooks, and lots more. While the fundamental principles of React have stayed the same, the way we write React apps has changed with each new release.  

If you learned React a while back, it’s possible that you haven’t been up to date with every new feature/release. It’s also possible to get lost in all the new features. Where exactly do you start? How important are they for your day to day use?

This course is your one-stop reference to most important React updates since V16 was released. We’ll walk through all the major features of modern React so you can stay in sync with the most recent changes while learning to write better software.

Reintroducing React: V16 and Beyond

# History of Hooks

In Feb 2019, the React team released a new addition, hooks, to React in version `16.8.0.`

If React were a big bowl of candies, then hooks are the latest additions, very chewy candies with great taste!

What exactly do hooks mean? And why are they worth your time?


# Need for Hooks
One of the main reasons hooks were added to React is to offer a more powerful and expressive way to write and share functionality between components.

> In the longer term, we expect Hooks to be the primary way people write React components — [React Team](https://reactjs.org/docs/hooks-faq.html#should-i-use-hooks-classes-or-a-mix-of-both)

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If hooks are going to be that important, why not learn about them in a fun way!

Let's have a brief introduction of hooks and their importance in React.

Introduction

Lifecycle

Context API

ContextType

React.memo

The Profiler

Lazy Loading

Hooks

Conclusion

Introducing Hooks

History of Hooks