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React Newbies Guide: Efficiently Managing DOM Elements and Persistent Variables with the useRef Hook

React Newbies Guide: Efficiently Managing DOM Elements and Persistent Variables with the useRef Hook

The useRef React hook is a powerful tool that allows you to create and manipulate references to DOM elements and other values within your components. This can be extremely useful when working with forms, animations, and other complex user interactions. In this article, we’ll explore the two most common

React Newbies Guide: How to Use useMemo for Expensive Calculations and Complex State Management

React Newbies Guide: How to Use useMemo for Expensive Calculations and Complex State Management

Working with Expensive Calculations One of the most common use cases for useMemo is when working with expensive calculations or operations that do not need to be performed on every render. For example, imagine you have a component that displays a large dataset and needs to calculate the average value