---
title: "React Refs: The Complete Story"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/react-refs-the-complete-story-tsetig04l
source_url: https://dev.to/this-is-learning/react-refs-the-complete-story-16km
type: article
source: "This is Learning"
author: "Corbin Crutchley"
published: 2022-05-02T22:30:11.276Z
updated: 2022-05-02T22:30:11.277Z
tags: ["react"]
reading_time: 20
upvotes: 57
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# React Refs: The Complete Story

**[This is Learning](https://daily.dev/sources/til)** · [@crutchcorn](https://daily.dev/crutchcorn) · 20 min read · 57 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

React Refs are a mutable data property to persist data across renders. The useRef hook has expanded the definition of "refs" We'll be exploring additional functionality to each of those two definitions. We'll also explore common code gotchas associated with using useRef .

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**@nearfriend** · 0 upvotes

> Great!
> As senior full stack developer, I love React Js and most used this language in my FE

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