React Hooks

- [Eve] If you followed the trajectory of the React library, you may have heard of React Hooks. Hooks are functions, and we can use them to handle state, to fetch data, and to interact with browser APIs. Hooks also give us a way of writing functions that can be shared across files and across projects, for reusability. My name is Eve Porcello. I'm a software developer, and an instructor, and I've used React pretty much every day for the last six years. I really like working with Hooks, because they're powerful, they're flexible, and they're scalable for a variety of projects. And since React is used by huge companies, like Twitter, Netflix, Airbnb, and PayPal, a good understanding of React can lead to more career opportunities. In this course, we'll investigate why you'd want to use Hooks, and some problems that they can help you solve. It's not just about the hype though. It's about making our jobs as developers more fun. So, let's explore some ways we can modernize our React code, with Hooks.