useEffect(() => {
// code goes here
return () => {
// cleanup code codes here
};
},[]);
Example 2: react useEffect
import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
function LifecycleDemo() {
// It takes a function
useEffect(() => {
// This gets called after every render, by default
// (the first one, and every one after that)
console.log('render!');
// If you want to implement componentWillUnmount,
// return a function from here, and React will call
// it prior to unmounting.
return () => console.log('unmounting...');
}, [ // dependencies to watch = leave blank to run once or you will get a stack overflow ]);
return "I'm a lifecycle demo";
}
function App() {
// Set up a piece of state, just so that we have
// a way to trigger a re-render.
const [random, setRandom] = useState(Math.random());
// Set up another piece of state to keep track of
// whether the LifecycleDemo is shown or hidden
const [mounted, setMounted] = useState(true);
// This function will change the random number,
// and trigger a re-render (in the console,
// you'll see a "render!" from LifecycleDemo)
const reRender = () => setRandom(Math.random());
// This function will unmount and re-mount the
// LifecycleDemo, so you can see its cleanup function
// being called.
const toggle = () => setMounted(!mounted);
return (
<>
{mounted && }
>
);
}
ReactDOM.render(, document.querySelector('#root'));