The post "Why React Hooks?" helps explain the historical context and reason for their creation: https://ui.dev/why-react-hooks/ https://ui.dev/why-react-hooks/

The post "Why React Hooks?" helps explain the historical context and reason for their creation: https://ui.dev/why-react-hooks/ https://ui.dev/why-react-hooks/ I also discussed some of the tradeoffs in a conference talk and blog post: https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2019/07/blogged-answers-thoughts-on-hooks/ https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2019/07/blogged-answers-th... https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2019/09/presentation-hooks-hocs-tradeoffs/ https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2019/09/presentation-hooks...