There is zero functionality that has been removed from class-based components.
Devs use hooks primarily because hooks are better.
Devs use hooks primarily because hooks are better.
No, but the React ecosystem has almost collectively migrated away from class-based components or deprecated support for them.
> Devs use hooks primarily because hooks are better.
You avoid much of the dependency array issues by using class components. But you have to deal with `this` and it's significantly more keystrokes. It's more of a tradeoff in my opinion.
Also, devs don't use hooks primarily because they are better. They use them because they are idiomatic React in 2023.
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yes, exactly!
> They use them because they are idiomatic React
right, and do you think it'd be easy for a feature to become idiomatic if it wasn't an improvement over the previous patterns?