When I started my frontend journey with Angular and later moved to React, I noticed an interesting difference. In React, both JSX (UI code) and logic are often written in the same file. For beginners, this can feel confusing, and as the project grows, the file can become messy. I felt this myself, and many developers I spoke with shared the same experience. While learning more, I discovered a clean and beginner-friendly solution — custom hooks. Custom hooks help us move all the logic into a separate file, so the component file focuses only on the UI (JSX). This makes the code easier to read, understand, and maintain. For anyone learning React or working on growing projects, this approach really helps keep the code clean and scalable. 🚀 Simple example 👇 Without a custom hook (logic + JSX together): function Counter() { const [count, setCount] = React.useState(0); function increase() { setCount(count + 1); } return ( <button onClick={increase}> Count: {count} </button> ); } With a custom hook (clean separation): // useCounter.js function useCounter() { const [count, setCount] = React.useState(0); const increase = () => setCount(count + 1); return { count, increase }; } // Counter.jsx function Counter() { const { count, increase } = useCounter(); return ( <button onClick={increase}> Count: {count} </button> ); } This small change makes components simpler and helps a lot when projects become large. 🚀 #FrontendDevelopment #ReactJS #Angular #JavaScript #WebDevelopment #BeginnerDeveloper #LearningReact #CodingJourney #CleanCode #CustomHooks #SoftwareDevelopment #DeveloperLife
Margoob Tanweer
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Very true. Separating logic with custom hooks makes code much clearer.
Good insight useful information for freshers like me in reactjs