The evolution of React APIs
summary
Timeline of concrete API changes with examples and demos, not rhetoric: deprecated lifecycle methods like componentWillMount cause bugs and were removed, React 16.6 introduces lazy and Suspense for code splitting, React 16.8 hooks replace many HOC patterns with useState useEffect and custom hooks, Context API replaces getChildContext patterns, fragments allow returning arrays, memo implements pure rendering, Suspense demo shows it throws a Promise to suspend rendering and coordinate fallbacks.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:25React API history
- 4:30Evolution vs design
- 8:21Deprecated APIs replaced
- 10:51Modern React tooling
- 12:14React Suspense features
- 15:49Class vs Hooks
- 18:02Hooks state management
- 20:09Context API
- 21:14Custom Hooks benefits
- 23:46Hooks vs other patterns
- 24:48Hooks limitations
- 27:20Effects visibility
- 28:27Upcoming React features
- 30:12Suspense demo
- 32:36Conclusion & Q&A
