[ng12]

> And anyone who has used classes in Java or other languages would feel at home.

Not really because there's nothing object oriented about React.Component. It's just a wrapper for a function implemented as a class.

[cmckn]

THIS is what I wish I knew about React. As a Java user, I made incredibly wrong and damaging assumptions because "classes, I know what these are"! I still can't make heads or tails of hooks, but in due time!