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by satvikpendem 849 days ago
> The goal behind "hooks" was to make React simpler for beginners

No, it had nothing to do with making it "simpler for beginners." It was to functionalize state changes in a way that was impossible with classes and other OOP constructs like mixins. There is actually a great issue thread on the Flutter GitHub that explains exactly why other solutions do not work correctly when compared to hooks [0]. What people don't get about hooks is that they are an abstraction over state and app lifecycle changes. It is better to think of them as akin to closures but over lifecycles, not just holding state as closures do.

[0] https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/51752
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codethief 849 days ago
> There is actually a great issue thread on the Flutter GitHub that explains exactly why other solutions do not work correctly when compared to hooks [0]

Interesting. I assume you are referring to this comment in particular -> https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/51752#issuecomment... ?

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satvikpendem 849 days ago
The whole thread is worth a read, the first post in particular lays out why traditional class-based solutions don't work, while that comment by Dan Abramov is good in its own way, viewing hooks through the lens of algebraic effect handlers.
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throwaway220033 849 days ago
> No, it had nothing to do with making it "simpler for beginners."

Open up the announcement of hooks by Dan Abramov and listen him.

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