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An Introduction to React Hooks

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    Run Side Effects with React useEffect
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Run Side Effects with React useEffect

Paul McBride
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The useEffect hook in React is used for running side effects. This can be anything from adding event listeners to logging to the console. In this lesson, we use it to track the mouse position.

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