Mastering React Hooks for Efficient Development

🚀 Day 2 of Consistent Learning – React Journey Building momentum after getting back on track. 🔹 What I covered: - State management in React - Local vs Global state - Lifting state up - Derived state 🔹 Key takeaway: Understanding where state should live is crucial. Lifting state up helps keep data consistent across components, while derived state avoids unnecessary duplication and keeps logic clean. 🔹 Next step: Continue learning new React concepts step by step while strengthening these fundamentals. Staying consistent, one step at a time. #React #JavaScript #WebDevelopment #Frontend #LearningInPublic

🚀 Day 3 of Consistent Learning – React Journey Continuing the flow and building deeper understanding step by step. 🔹 What I covered: - Lifting state up - Children prop - Sorting data in React 🔹 Key takeaway: Managing data flow between components is key. Lifting state up keeps everything in sync, while the children prop makes components more flexible and reusable. Sorting data correctly helps in building dynamic and user-friendly UIs. 🔹 Next step: Continue learning new React concepts step by step while strengthening these fundamentals. Staying consistent, one step at a time. #React #JavaScript #WebDevelopment #Frontend #LearningInPublic

Day 6 — React hooks are either magic or terrifying, depending on the day. Today: mostly magic. useEffect finally makes sense to me. It's for things that happen outside the React world — API calls, timers, subscriptions. The dependency array is not optional. I learned that the hard way with an infinite loop at 11pm. Built a custom hook today — useFetch — that handles loading, error, and data states. Reused it in two components. That reusability feeling is something else. useRef was a surprise. I thought it was just for accessing DOM elements. Turns out it's also for keeping values across renders without triggering re-renders. Subtle but powerful. useMemo and useCallback: don't reach for them immediately. Optimise when you actually have a problem. What hook tripped you up the most when learning React? #reactjs #hooks #webdevelopment #frontenddeveloper

Day 1 of learning NestJS basics — and my first question was: Why not just use Express.js? Here's what I found out Express = total freedom NestJS = freedom with structure With Express, you decide everything. With NestJS, the framework decides the boring stuff — so you can focus on building. 3 things that clicked today:  -Modules → organize features  -Controllers → handle routes  -Services → hold business logic It's like Express grew up and got a job. 😄 Day 2 incoming. Let's go. 🚀 #NestJS #100DaysOfCode #LearningInPublic #NodeJS #TypeScript #BackendDev

🚀 Learning React, One Step at a Time! I recently dove deep into React by building a small project: Through this project, I explored and practiced: React Forms & Hooks – mastering react-hook-form for clean form handling Component Lifecycle – using useEffect to manage side effects LocalStorage – persisting data across sessions Two-way Binding – syncing input state seamlessly Props Handling—passing data efficiently between components Context API—managing global state without prop drilling API Integration – fetching and displaying data dynamically This hands-on experience really helped me understand how React works under the hood, from state management to component communication. 💡 The project link: https://lnkd.in/gsxPY_uR Always excited to learn by building, and React makes it fun! 🔥 #ReactJS #WebDevelopment #Frontend #ReactHooks #LearningByDoing #JavaScript #OpenToCollaborate

Day 46 – React Learning Journey Today’s focus was on understanding different ways to use functions in React event handling and how they impact code structure and flexibility. - Explored multiple approaches: Passing function references directly → onClick={handleClick} Using inline arrow functions → onDoubleClick={() => {...}} Handling mouse events → onMouseEnter, onMouseMove Working with input events and event objects → onChange={(e) => ...}- * Key Insight: Choosing the right way to use functions in events improves code readability, reusability, and performance. Understanding when to use direct references vs inline functions is essential for writing clean React code. - Every small concept like this builds a strong foundation for scalable frontend applications. github link : https://lnkd.in/gRbcs2Ue #Day46 #ReactJS #JavaScript #FrontendDevelopment #MERNStack #WebDevelopment #CleanCode #LearningInPublic

🚀 Day 12 — Understanding useEffect in React Today I learned about one of the most important React hooks — useEffect. The useEffect hook is used to handle side effects in React components. Examples of side effects: • API calls • Data fetching • Event listeners • Timers • DOM updates Basic Syntax: useEffect(() => { // side effect code }, []) Important Points I learned: • useEffect runs after component renders • Empty dependency array → runs only once • With dependency → runs when value changes • No dependency → runs on every render Example: useEffect(() => { fetchUsers(); }, []); This hook is very useful when working with APIs and dynamic data. Still learning and applying this in my projects. #ReactJS #FrontendDevelopment #MERNStack #LearningInPublic

⚠️ React Hooks Look Simple… Until You Try Them. As I’ve been learning useState, I started noticing something…” At first, it looked easy. Just a variable… and a function to update it. Simple, right? That’s what I thought. Until I actually tried using it. Coming from JavaScript, I’m used to changing values directly. But in React? You don’t just change values. You update state… and React re-renders everything for you. That shift? Confusing at first. I found myself asking: “Why can’t I just update it directly?” 🤔 But as I kept practicing, something started to click. React isn’t just about writing code. It’s about thinking differently. Instead of controlling everything manually, you describe what should happen… And React handles the rest. That’s powerful. Still learning. Still making mistakes. But now it’s starting to make sense. 💬 If you’ve learned React hooks — what confused you the most at the beginning? #ReactJS #FrontendDevelopment #JavaScriptDeveloper #WebDevelopmentJourney #LearnToCode

🚀 Day 1 of Consistent Learning – React Journey (Back on Track) After a short break due to burnout and a busy routine, I’m back to learning and building again. Today I revised the fundamentals of React to rebuild a strong foundation. 🔹 What I covered: - Core concepts of React - State management (useState) - Handling events - Props basics and component communication 🔹 Key takeaway: Coming back after a break reminded me that fundamentals are everything. State and props may seem simple, but they control how everything works in React. 🔹 Next step: Move forward with more advanced React concepts and start applying them in small projects again. Consistency > Motivation. Showing up daily matters. #React #JavaScript #WebDevelopment #Frontend #LearningInPublic

Late post, but no skipped week.  Week 3 of my full stack journey was a lot: → React Part I - JSX, Virtual DOM, first components → Async JS - Promises, async/await, Fetch API, built a Film Finder with a live API → JavaScript Testing - Mocha, TDD, writing tests before writing code → JS Classes, Modules & Error Handling - the building blocks of real, organized codebases The shift this week wasn't just new syntax. It was starting to see how production code is actually structured: modular, tested, asynchronous, component-driven. React in particular hit different. Going from "here's a webpage" to "here's a component" rewires how you think about building UIs. Week 4 is already underway. More soon. If you're on a similar path, let's connect! #React #JavaScript #AsyncJS #TDD #FullStackDevelopment #WebDevelopment #LearningInPublic #SoftwareEngineering #CareerChange