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524What is a Side Effect?
525Pure Functions vs Side Effects
526Common Side Effects in React
527Why Side Effects Can't Run During Render
528The useEffect Hook Signature
529When useEffect Runs: After Commit
530Effects Run After Every Render (By Default)
531Reading Props and State in Effects
532Multiple Effects in One Component
533Effects vs Event Handlers
534The Mental Model: Synchronization
535Why Effects are Often Overused
536What is the Dependency Array?
537Empty Array: Run Once on Mount
538No Array: Run on Every Render
539Array with Values: Run When Dependencies Change
540Primitive Dependencies: Equality by Value
541Object and Array Dependencies: Equality by Reference
542Multiple Dependencies
543The ESLint Rule: exhaustive-deps
544Why Missing Dependencies Cause Bugs
545Fixing Missing Dependencies: Add Them
546Fixing Missing Dependencies: Remove the Need
547Function Dependencies: The Problem
548Function Dependencies: useCallback Solution
549When to Disable the ESLint Rule
550What Cleanup Functions Are
551The Cleanup Function Signature
552When Cleanup Runs: Before Re-run
553When Cleanup Runs: On Unmount
554Cleanup for Event Listeners
555Cleanup for Timers
556Cleanup for Subscriptions
557Cleanup for AbortController
558What Happens Without Cleanup
559Cleanup in StrictMode: Double Invocation
560The Render-Commit-Paint-Effect Sequence
561Why Effects Run After Paint
562useLayoutEffect: The Synchronous Alternative
563Visual Flicker and Layout Effect Use Cases
564The Performance Cost of useLayoutEffect
565SSR Warnings with useLayoutEffect
566Choosing Between useEffect and useLayoutEffect

524What is a Side Effect?
525Pure Functions vs Side Effects
526Common Side Effects in React
527Why Side Effects Can't Run During Render
528The useEffect Hook Signature
529When useEffect Runs: After Commit
530Effects Run After Every Render (By Default)
531Reading Props and State in Effects
532Multiple Effects in One Component
533Effects vs Event Handlers
534The Mental Model: Synchronization
535Why Effects are Often Overused
536What is the Dependency Array?
537Empty Array: Run Once on Mount
538No Array: Run on Every Render
539Array with Values: Run When Dependencies Change
540Primitive Dependencies: Equality by Value
541Object and Array Dependencies: Equality by Reference
542Multiple Dependencies
543The ESLint Rule: exhaustive-deps
544Why Missing Dependencies Cause Bugs
545Fixing Missing Dependencies: Add Them
546Fixing Missing Dependencies: Remove the Need
547Function Dependencies: The Problem
548Function Dependencies: useCallback Solution
549When to Disable the ESLint Rule
550What Cleanup Functions Are
551The Cleanup Function Signature
552When Cleanup Runs: Before Re-run
553When Cleanup Runs: On Unmount
554Cleanup for Event Listeners
555Cleanup for Timers
556Cleanup for Subscriptions
557Cleanup for AbortController
558What Happens Without Cleanup
559Cleanup in StrictMode: Double Invocation
560The Render-Commit-Paint-Effect Sequence
561Why Effects Run After Paint
562useLayoutEffect: The Synchronous Alternative
563Visual Flicker and Layout Effect Use Cases
564The Performance Cost of useLayoutEffect
565SSR Warnings with useLayoutEffect
566Choosing Between useEffect and useLayoutEffect

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What is a Side Effect?

Learn what side effects are in programming: any operation that reaches outside the component's render logic.

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