I like hooks and prefer them over class components, but I think this is a problem. Almost every React developer I know has a poor understanding of how hooks wo

I like hooks and prefer them over class components, but I think this is a problem. Almost every React developer I know has a poor understanding of how hooks work because it's so fundamentally different from what they're used to. In most simple cases (probably 90+% of the time) you can get away with a flawed understanding of hooks; it doesn't typically bite you until you get into trying to write custom hooks with complex logic and/or side effects. Dan Abramov's dissertation on useEffect is a great example of how much complexity is hidden behind what appears at first glance to be a simple function: https://overreacted.io/a-complete-guide-to-useeffect/ https://overreacted.io/a-complete-guide-to-useeffect/