Learn patterns for building custom React hooks. Covers useToggle, useLocalStorage, useFetch, useDebounce with rules, testing, and common gotchas.
Tutorial series
React Fundamentals
8 tutorials — follow in order for the best learning path.
- Building Custom Hooks in React: Patterns and Gotchas
- Setting Up a React Project: Introduction and First Steps
Learn React project setup with Vite, JSX fundamentals, components, props, and state, and build your first React app from scratch with this step-by-step guide.
- Building Components and JSX in React
Learn how building components with JSX in React works. Covers expressions, props, conditional rendering, list keys, and component composition.
- React Context API and useReducer for State Management
Learn how React Context eliminates prop drilling and how useReducer manages complex state logic, with patterns for combining both into a lightweight store.
- Understanding React Props and State Management
Understanding React props and state for interactive components. Covers useState patterns, unidirectional data flow, lifting state, and props vs. state.
- Event handling in React: synthetic events and controlled components
Master React event handling , synthetic events, onClick, onChange, form control, stopPropagation, and custom events for building interactive UIs.
- React Hooks Basics: useState and useEffect for State Management
Learn useState and useEffect hooks in React to manage component state, side effects, lifecycle behavior, dependency arrays, and cleanup in function components.
- Performance Patterns and Memoization
Optimize React renders with React.memo, useMemo, and useCallback. These performance patterns skip wasted recalculations and re-renders.