--- title: React JS Best Practices | daily.dev description: The React style guide is a set of recommendations for writing clean, maintainable code with React. Hooks are a new feature in React that allow you to use state... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/react-js-best-practices-waoh0crtk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: React JS Best Practices | daily.dev og:description: The React style guide is a set of recommendations for writing clean, maintainable code with React. Hooks are a new feature in React that allow you to use state... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/react-js-best-practices-waoh0crtk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/waoH0CrTK.png og:image:alt: React JS Best Practices 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. # React JS Best Practices **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 2 min read · 188 upvotes · 14 comments ## Summary The React style guide is a set of recommendations for writing clean, maintainable code with React. Hooks are a new feature in React that allow you to use state and other React features without writing a class. The React memo higher-order component is a way to optimize the performance of your functional components. ## 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. **@raulmarindev** · 4 upvotes > If you've played with ChatGPT a bit you can tell this looks like content generated by it. **@storm** · 2 upvotes > This is definitely generated by chatGPT. **@trener\_107** · 1 upvotes > Not bad, but I would like more practice regarding the structure, specific code technique. Thanks **@kyoukhana** · 0 upvotes > ReactJS don't use it. Its a decade old framework there is better options out there like: > > http://svelte.dev/ > https://www.solidjs.com/ > https://htmx.org/essays/a-real-world-react-to-htmx-port/ > > But the problem is that so many companies have invested in the framework hard to switch. **@jessy** · 0 upvotes > Do you think that linter is really a good practice? ## 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), [#tools](https://daily.dev/tags/tools), [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/react-js-best-practices-waoh0crtk) ```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":"React JS Best Practices","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/react-js-best-practices-waoh0crtk","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/react-js-best-practices-waoh0crtk"},"datePublished":"2022-12-27T12:35:28.990Z","dateModified":"2022-12-27T12:35:28.894Z","description":"The React style guide is a set of recommendations for writing clean, maintainable code with React. 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