Phase 8 · React

Topics

State

Part of the Frontend Developer Roadmap.

Summary

Data that a component owns and can change over time via `useState`, triggering a re-render whenever it's updated.

How to Learn This

  • 1Build a counter component to internalize how `useState` triggers re-renders.
  • 2Learn why you should never mutate state directly — always use the setter.
  • 3Practice the functional updater form (`setCount(c => c + 1)`) for state that depends on the previous value.
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