--- title: The React useState Hook | daily.dev description: React Hooks have transformed the way we build and manage state in functional components. By extracting logic from a component, they enable us to write clearer,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-react-usestate-hook-vbybuclcl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The React useState Hook | daily.dev og:description: React Hooks have transformed the way we build and manage state in functional components. By extracting logic from a component, they enable us to write clearer,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-react-usestate-hook-vbybuclcl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/VBybucLcl.png og:image:alt: The React useState Hook 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. # The React useState Hook **[Telerik](https://daily.dev/sources/telerik)** · 4 min read · 11 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary React Hooks have transformed the way we build and manage state in functional components. By extracting logic from a component, they enable us to write clearer, more intuitive code. In this article, we discuss the most fundamental hook of React—useState. ## 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. **@robertoumbelino** · 2 upvotes > Nice post! **@drneko17** · 0 upvotes > What even is the purpose of these articles that cover the most basic hook like useState? This is just the worse version of the React docs page... --- Tags: [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#react-hooks](https://daily.dev/tags/react-hooks) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-react-usestate-hook-vbybuclcl) ```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":"The React useState Hook","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-react-usestate-hook-vbybuclcl","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-react-usestate-hook-vbybuclcl"},"datePublished":"2024-05-21T15:18:12.368Z","dateModified":"2024-05-21T15:18:23.923Z","description":"React Hooks have transformed the way we build and manage state in functional components. 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