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React Today and Tomorrow and 90% Cleaner React With Hooks

React Conf · talk · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

The first three talks from React Conf 2018, by Sophie Alpert, Dan Abramov and Ryan Florence. They introduce React Hooks and explain the problems with classes that hooks solve.

Why Hacker News recommends it

It is the canonical introduction to hooks, given by the people who built them, and HN uses it to answer questions about why hooks exist.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “It's absolutely worth the watch, even if you're somewhat familiar with hooks.”

    Explains class pitfalls and how hooks solve them.

    kybishop, 2019-09 · Strong recommendation · in “Frustrations with React Hooks”

  2. “Rebuttal-worthy case for hooks over classes.”

    jasongi, 2022-09 · Recommendation · in “React I love you, but you're bringing me down”

  3. “Just watch the video from ReactConf 2018 where hooks are introduced (by the dude who built them).”

    Introduces hooks by their creator, easy to follow along.

    AndrewOMartin, 2024-01 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Learn React or Vue?”

  4. “the talk that introduced hooks explains much better than I can”

    Talk that introduced hooks, explains reuse of stateful logic.

    jfcisco, 2025-04 · Recommendation · in “Show HN: Nue – Apps lighter than a React button”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: react, hooks, javascript, frontend, react conf

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