--- title: 9 Bad React Habits to Kick From Your Life | daily.dev description: React has become a word that developers worldwide hear on a regular basis. Too much flexibility makes it easy to pick up bad habits and poor practices. Here... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/9-bad-react-habits-to-kick-from-your-life-mnbdsrbxq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 9 Bad React Habits to Kick From Your Life | daily.dev og:description: React has become a word that developers worldwide hear on a regular basis. Too much flexibility makes it easy to pick up bad habits and poor practices. Here... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/9-bad-react-habits-to-kick-from-your-life-mnbdsrbxq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/mnbdSRbXQ.png og:image:alt: 9 Bad React Habits to Kick From Your Life og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 9 Bad React Habits to Kick From Your Life **[Honeypot](https://daily.dev/sources/honeypot)** · 9 min read · 183 upvotes · 11 comments ## Summary React has become a word that developers worldwide hear on a regular basis. Too much flexibility makes it easy to pick up bad habits and poor practices. Here are some of the worst practices I’ve seen (and may or may not have done in the past) The useEffect hook is probably one of the first hooks a React developer learns. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@fuadpashayev** · 4 upvotes > Nice article, good spots, thanks! **@chris1993** · 1 upvotes > The problem of "Incorrect usage of Boolean operators" mentioned by the author is often written by React beginners, including me 😜, I hope everyone should pay attention. Thanks to the author for the reminder. 😄 **@phaeton** · 1 upvotes > If you're being robbed, do not REACT. **@lorezz** · 0 upvotes > well done **@chsilva** · 0 upvotes > I think the image on topic #1 is wrong, it is the same on topic #8 and is not related to the topic subject as well. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#nodejs](https://daily.dev/tags/nodejs), [#react-hooks](https://daily.dev/tags/react-hooks) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/9-bad-react-habits-to-kick-from-your-life-mnbdsrbxq) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"9 Bad React Habits to Kick From Your Life","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/9-bad-react-habits-to-kick-from-your-life-mnbdsrbxq","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/9-bad-react-habits-to-kick-from-your-life-mnbdsrbxq"},"datePublished":"2022-08-09T13:27:36.345Z","dateModified":"2022-08-09T13:27:36.339Z","description":"React has become a word that developers worldwide hear on a regular basis. 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