useeffect cleanup functions code example

Example 1: useeffect on update

const isInitialMount = useRef(true);

useEffect(() => {
  if (isInitialMount.current) {
     isInitialMount.current = false;
  } else {
      // Your useEffect code here to be run on update
  }
});

Example 2: useeffect componentdidmount

useEffect(() => {
    messagesRef.on('child added', snapshot => {
    const message = snapshot.val();
    message.key = snapshot.key;

    setMessages(messages.concat(message)); // See Note 1
}, []); // See Note 2