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Developer learning curve: The context name is a good choice I think. Context API sounds much more elegant than global variables API. While that’s a little tong

• danabramov 9y ago
  This is intentional because those are relatively rare use cases. We want them to stand out and be quite specific about what they're doing. You still have `componentDidMount`, `componentDidUpdate`, and `componentWillUnmount` that should be used more commonly and do exactly what you expect them to.
  • djhartman 9y ago
    In your experience, what are the kind of things that people do in `componentWillMount` that they shouldn't be doing? Is it correct to say that `getSnapshotBeforeUpdate` is named to indicate what you were supposed to use `componentWillMount` for? Thanks to you and brianvaughn for answering so many questions.
    • brianvaughn 9y ago
      > In your experience, what are the kind of things that people do in `componentWillMount` that they shouldn't be doing? The biggest one is probably adding event listeners or setting up subscriptions (which can cause memory leaks). Here are some others: https://github.com/reactjs/rfcs/blob/master/text/0006-static-lifecycle-methods.md#common-problems https://github.com/reactjs/rfcs/blob/master/text/0006-static... > Is it correct to say that `getSnapshotBeforeUpdate` is named to indicate what you were supposed to use `componentWillMount` for? No. `getSnapshotBeforeUpdate` is not really related to `componentWillMount`. It relates more to what people were using `componentWillUpdate` for.