--- title: Hooks Pattern | daily.dev description: React 16.8 introduced a new feature called Hooks. Hooks are functions that you can use to manage a components state and lifecycle methods. Hooks make it... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/hooks-pattern-5p5vsey2m twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Hooks Pattern | daily.dev og:description: React 16.8 introduced a new feature called Hooks. Hooks are functions that you can use to manage a components state and lifecycle methods. Hooks make it... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/hooks-pattern-5p5vsey2m og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5P5VSEy2M.png og:image:alt: Hooks Pattern 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. # Hooks Pattern **[Patterns](https://daily.dev/sources/patterns)** · 12 min read · 285 upvotes · 5 comments ## Summary React 16.8 introduced a new feature called Hooks. Hooks are functions that you can use to manage a components state and lifecycle methods. Hooks make it possible to - add state to a functional component - manage a component's lifecycle without using a class component. In both componentDidMount and componentWillUnmount, we're customizing the behavior of the app based on the window's resize event. ## 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. **@snowmonkey** · 8 upvotes > While this is a great addition to the Patterns site, I'm a little disappointed that it is not a pattern per se. It is a re-documentation of an existing feature of a framework. > > I opened this, kind of looking forward to seeing a "hooks under the hood" type thing. I have deconstructed and torn apart the hooks system, and rebuilt them in vanilla js, simply to get an understanding of how they work. And they're elegant, simple, clean... I love the idea of hooks, and what they represent. > > But I was hoping for more from this piece, quite frankly. **@sarahe** · 3 upvotes > Great article on Hooks pattern! I found the explanations and examples provided to be clear and informative. I appreciated the focus on real-world use cases and the emphasis on best practices. The tips on how to avoid common pitfalls were particularly useful. I definitely recommend this article to anyone looking to improve their understanding of Hooks in React. **@blackbold** · 2 upvotes > Really helpful for me. Thanks <3. **@techpool** · 1 upvotes > Exactly same thought as Toby mentioned. Seems more like I'm reading through the react documentation itself. Would have been great if it would have had more in-depth stuffs about how it works or some perf testing. **@dhravya** · 1 upvotes > Good article, but it's very documentation-like, would be cool to learn about hooks in depth! ## 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), [#react-hooks](https://daily.dev/tags/react-hooks) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/hooks-pattern-5p5vsey2m) ```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":"Hooks Pattern","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/hooks-pattern-5p5vsey2m","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/hooks-pattern-5p5vsey2m"},"datePublished":"2022-10-03T06:55:33.033Z","dateModified":"2022-10-03T06:55:32.959Z","description":"React 16.8 introduced a new feature called Hooks. 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It is a re-documentation of an existing feature of a framework.\nI opened this, kind of looking forward to seeing a “hooks under the hood” type thing. I have deconstructed and torn apart the hooks system, and rebuilt them in vanilla js, simply to get an understanding of how they work. And they’re elegant, simple, clean… I love the idea of hooks, and what they represent.\nBut I was hoping for more from this piece, quite frankly.","datePublished":"2022-10-07T00:25:48.241Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/5P5VSEy2M#c--7OozxJKf","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Toby Parent","url":"https://daily.dev/snowmonkey","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/v1673892598/avatars/avatar_cl-7snkow.jpg"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":8}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Great article on Hooks pattern! I found the explanations and examples provided to be clear and informative. I appreciated the focus on real-world use cases and the emphasis on best practices. The tips on how to avoid common pitfalls were particularly useful. I definitely recommend this article to anyone looking to improve their understanding of Hooks in React.","datePublished":"2023-01-18T06:52:14.269Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/5P5VSEy2M#c-1TChSeLme","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Elson","url":"https://daily.dev/sarahe","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AOh14Gj023zldmOG2pJhf3W9gosH-EdXcmAteNfsB5Z2=s100"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Really helpful for me. Thanks <3.","datePublished":"2022-10-05T14:47:39.973Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/5P5VSEy2M#c-KQSNswwgn","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"BLACK BOLD","url":"https://daily.dev/blackbold","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/39994467?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Exactly same thought as Toby mentioned. Seems more like I’m reading through the react documentation itself. Would have been great if it would have had more in-depth stuffs about how it works or some perf testing.","datePublished":"2023-01-16T18:19:58.246Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/5P5VSEy2M#c-8ZrYa_XqQ","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Suryadeep Pal","url":"https://daily.dev/techpool","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AOh14GhpsB31XUCeTKHy2ONObOuG0p27RsLQJjb2Y8jC5Q=s100"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Good article, but it’s very documentation-like, would be cool to learn about hooks in depth!","datePublished":"2022-10-07T12:11:40.965Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/5P5VSEy2M#c-_OKBUV4BK","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Dhravya Shah","url":"https://daily.dev/dhravya","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/63950637?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}]} ```