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Q&A Dynamically do something after a useState variable has been set?

This depends largely on what "do something" you want to do, in response to a state change. If you just need to re-compute some other state: Write that as additional code in the component funct...

posted 25d ago by bignose‭  ·  edited 25d ago by bignose‭

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#6: Post edited by user avatar bignose‭ · 2025-01-28T00:18:36Z (25 days ago)
  • This depends largely on what "do something" you want to do, in response to a state change.
  • * If you just need to re-compute some other state: Write that as additional code in the component function.
  • * If you need to have an effect on some *external system*: [The `useEffect` hook](https://react.dev/reference/react/useEffect) is designed for this purpose.
  • > useEffect is a React Hook that lets you synchronize a component with an external system.
  • To create the hook, you provide two arguments:
  • * `setup`: The function to call, to set up the external effect. Returns a clean-up function, to call when unmounting this component.
  • * `dependencies` (optional): The specific collection of state variables that should trigger this effect.
  • ----
  • Note that the React documentation also warns: [You might not need an Effect](https://react.dev/learn/you-might-not-need-an-effect).
  • In particular, you don't need to use an Effect simply to "do something" internal to the component. You just write that "do something" into the main code of the function; it is called every time to render the component.
  • Rather, the purpose of `useEffect` is when your "do something" is specifically to have an effect *external to* the component itself.
  • This depends largely on what "do something" you want to do, in response to a state change.
  • * If you just need to re-compute some other state: Write that as additional code in the component function.
  • * If you need to have an effect on some *external system*: [The `useEffect` hook](https://react.dev/reference/react/useEffect) is designed for this purpose.
  • > useEffect is a React Hook that lets you synchronize a component with an external system.
  • To create the hook, you provide two arguments:
  • * `setup`: The function to call, to set up the external effect. If clean-up is needed when the effect should stop, this function returns that clean-up function.
  • * `dependencies` (optional): The specific collection of state variables that should trigger this effect.
  • ----
  • Note that the React documentation also warns: [You might not need an Effect](https://react.dev/learn/you-might-not-need-an-effect).
  • In particular, you don't need to use an Effect simply to "do something" internal to the component. You just write that "do something" into the main code of the function; it is called every time to render the component.
  • Rather, the purpose of `useEffect` is when your "do something" is specifically to have an effect *external to* the component itself.
#5: Post edited by user avatar bignose‭ · 2025-01-28T00:06:54Z (25 days ago)
  • [The `useEffect` hook](https://react.dev/reference/react/useEffect) is designed for this purpose.
  • > useEffect is a React Hook that lets you synchronize a component with an external system.
  • To create the hook, you provide two arguments:
  • * `setup`: The function to call, as an effect responding to a change in state.
  • * `dependencies` (optional): The specific collection of state variables that should trigger this effect.
  • Note that the React documentation also warns: [You might not need an Effect](https://react.dev/learn/you-might-not-need-an-effect).
  • In particular, you don't need to use an Effect simply to "do something" internal to the component. You just write that "do something" into the main code of the function; it is called every time to render the component.
  • Rather, the purpose of `useEffect` is when your "do something" is specifically to have an effect *external to* the component itself.
  • This depends largely on what "do something" you want to do, in response to a state change.
  • * If you just need to re-compute some other state: Write that as additional code in the component function.
  • * If you need to have an effect on some *external system*: [The `useEffect` hook](https://react.dev/reference/react/useEffect) is designed for this purpose.
  • > useEffect is a React Hook that lets you synchronize a component with an external system.
  • To create the hook, you provide two arguments:
  • * `setup`: The function to call, to set up the external effect. Returns a clean-up function, to call when unmounting this component.
  • * `dependencies` (optional): The specific collection of state variables that should trigger this effect.
  • ----
  • Note that the React documentation also warns: [You might not need an Effect](https://react.dev/learn/you-might-not-need-an-effect).
  • In particular, you don't need to use an Effect simply to "do something" internal to the component. You just write that "do something" into the main code of the function; it is called every time to render the component.
  • Rather, the purpose of `useEffect` is when your "do something" is specifically to have an effect *external to* the component itself.
#4: Post edited by user avatar bignose‭ · 2025-01-27T23:57:56Z (25 days ago)
  • [The `useEffect` hook](https://react.dev/reference/react/useEffect) is designed for this purpose.
  • > useEffect is a React Hook that lets you synchronize a component with an external system.
  • To create the hook, you provide two arguments:
  • * `setup`: The function to call, as an effect responding to a change in state.
  • * `dependencies` (optional): The specific collection of state variables that should trigger this effect.
  • Note that the React documentation also warns: [You might not need an Effect](https://react.dev/learn/you-might-not-need-an-effect).
  • In particular, you don't need to use an Effect simply to "do something" when rendering the component. You just write that "do something" into the main code of the function; it is called every time to render the component.
  • [The `useEffect` hook](https://react.dev/reference/react/useEffect) is designed for this purpose.
  • > useEffect is a React Hook that lets you synchronize a component with an external system.
  • To create the hook, you provide two arguments:
  • * `setup`: The function to call, as an effect responding to a change in state.
  • * `dependencies` (optional): The specific collection of state variables that should trigger this effect.
  • Note that the React documentation also warns: [You might not need an Effect](https://react.dev/learn/you-might-not-need-an-effect).
  • In particular, you don't need to use an Effect simply to "do something" internal to the component. You just write that "do something" into the main code of the function; it is called every time to render the component.
  • Rather, the purpose of `useEffect` is when your "do something" is specifically to have an effect *external to* the component itself.
#3: Post edited by user avatar bignose‭ · 2025-01-27T23:56:48Z (25 days ago)
  • [The `useEffect` hook](https://react.dev/reference/react/useEffect) is designed for this purpose.
  • > useEffect is a React Hook that lets you synchronize a component with an external system.
  • To create the hook, you provide two arguments:
  • * `setup`: The function to call, as an effect responding to a change in state.
  • * `dependencies` (optional): The specific collection of state variables that should trigger this effect.
  • Note that the React documentation also warns: [You might not need an Effect](https://react.dev/learn/you-might-not-need-an-effect).
  • [The `useEffect` hook](https://react.dev/reference/react/useEffect) is designed for this purpose.
  • > useEffect is a React Hook that lets you synchronize a component with an external system.
  • To create the hook, you provide two arguments:
  • * `setup`: The function to call, as an effect responding to a change in state.
  • * `dependencies` (optional): The specific collection of state variables that should trigger this effect.
  • Note that the React documentation also warns: [You might not need an Effect](https://react.dev/learn/you-might-not-need-an-effect).
  • In particular, you don't need to use an Effect simply to "do something" when rendering the component. You just write that "do something" into the main code of the function; it is called every time to render the component.
#2: Post edited by user avatar bignose‭ · 2025-01-27T23:55:07Z (25 days ago)
  • [The `useEffect` hook](https://react.dev/reference/react/useEffect) is designed for this purpose.
  • To create the hook, you provide two arguments:
  • * The function to call, as an effect responding to a change in state.
  • * The specific collection of state variables that should trigger this effect.
  • [The `useEffect` hook](https://react.dev/reference/react/useEffect) is designed for this purpose.
  • > useEffect is a React Hook that lets you synchronize a component with an external system.
  • To create the hook, you provide two arguments:
  • * `setup`: The function to call, as an effect responding to a change in state.
  • * `dependencies` (optional): The specific collection of state variables that should trigger this effect.
  • Note that the React documentation also warns: [You might not need an Effect](https://react.dev/learn/you-might-not-need-an-effect).
#1: Initial revision by user avatar bignose‭ · 2025-01-27T23:52:47Z (25 days ago)
[The `useEffect` hook](https://react.dev/reference/react/useEffect) is designed for this purpose.

To create the hook, you provide two arguments:

* The function to call, as an effect responding to a change in state.
* The specific collection of state variables that should trigger this effect.