javascript when to set state code example
Example 1: react lifecycle example
class Test extends React.Component {
constructor() {
console.log('Constructor')
super();
this.state = {
count: 0
};
}
componentDidMount() {
console.log("component did mount");
}
componentDidUpdate() {
console.log("component did update");
}
onClick = () => {
this.setState({ count: this.state.count + 1 });
};
render() {
console.log("render");
return (
<div>
Hello Test
<button onClick={this.onClick}>
{this.state.count}
</button>
</div>
);
}
}
//--for first time
//Constructor
//render
//component did mount
//--for any update
//render
//component did update
Example 2: react setState
incrementCount() {
// Note: this will *not* work as intended.
this.setState({count: this.state.count + 1});
}
handleSomething() {
// Let's say `this.state.count` starts at 0.
this.incrementCount();
this.incrementCount();
this.incrementCount();
// When React re-renders the component, `this.state.count` will be 1, but you expected 3.
// This is because `incrementCount()` function above reads from `this.state.count`,
// but React doesn't update `this.state.count` until the component is re-rendered.
// So `incrementCount()` ends up reading `this.state.count` as 0 every time, and sets it to 1.
// The fix is described below!
}