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useEffect: Side Effects in React
After watching myself struggle with useEffect, let me break down what's actually happening under the hood. The Lifecycles You Need to Know Think of your component like a house: Mounting = Building the house (component first appears) Rendering = Redecorating (component updates) Unmounting = Demolishing (component disappears) Here's how useEffect works with each: function App() { useEffect(() => { console.log('
After watching myself struggle with useEffect, let me break down what's actually happening under the hood.
The Lifecycles You Need to Know
Think of your component like a house:
- Mounting = Building the house (component first appears)
- Rendering = Redecorating (component updates)
- Unmounting = Demolishing (component disappears)
Here's how useEffect works with each:
function App() {
useEffect(() => {
console.log(' 
