[msikora]

IMO Hooks is the best thing that happened to React. Once you get used to it it is a lot more clean and productive. It requires you to unlearn a few things though, e.g. don't think about component lifecycles, but think about data flow/changes. Once you get used to it is a lot more productive and enjoyable way of developing React apps.

[mybestguess]

I believe it would have been better to have Hooks as a separate library, not part of React. For the developer it is just another design pattern, not really an improvement, especially if you look at all the edge cases and issues you'll find around.

Personally I don't like the design pattern, a matter of taste. But it's very annoying now in the market to have mixed React and Hooks codebases, with all their issues..

[taooftea]

No, it's just another hype.