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15 React.js Hacks for Beginners in 2025 ๐Ÿš€

React.js is constantly evolving, and staying ahead of the curve requires working smarter, not harder! ๐Ÿš€
Mastering the right techniques can significantly boost your efficiency, improve code quality, and enhance app performance. Here are 15 powerful hacks to streamline your workflow, write cleaner code, and build blazing-fast applications. ๐Ÿ‘‡

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  1. ๐”๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ
    Instead of setState(value), use setState(prev => prev + 1) to avoid stale state issues.

  2. ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‘๐ž๐š๐œ๐ญ.๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ
    Wrap components with React.memo to prevent unnecessary re-renders.

  3. ๐”๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
    Always return a cleanup function inside useEffect for memory management.

  4. ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ-๐œ๐ข๐ซ๐œ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก && ๐š๐ง๐ ||
    Instead of ternary operators, use {isLoading && } for cleaner code.

  5. ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ
    Memoize functions and values to optimize performance.

  6. ๐”๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ?? (๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ ) ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ
    Replace || with ?? to avoid falsy values like 0 being treated as null.

  7. ๐ƒ๐ž๐Ÿ๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ 
    Instead of props.name || 'Guest', use { name = 'Guest' }.

  8. ๐‹๐š๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐š๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‘๐ž๐š๐œ๐ญ.๐ฅ๐š๐ณ๐ฒ
    Improve performance by dynamically loading components using React.lazy().

  9. ๐”๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐‘๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ
    Replace useState with useReducer for better state logic control.

  10. ๐”๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ <๐๐ข๐ฏ>
    Use <>...</> instead of wrapping everything in

  11. ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ฑ ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ
    Write cleaner styles by dynamically adding classes.

  12. ๐‡๐š๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ž ๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐„๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ
    Wrap critical components with an error boundary to prevent UI crashes.

  13. ๐๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐๐š๐ญ๐š ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‘๐ž๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ
    Improve app speed with smart data fetching techniques.

  14. ๐”๐ฌ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ญ-๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ-๐๐จ๐ฆ'๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ
    For navigation in React Router v6 and beyond.

  15. ๐“๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž-๐œ๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐“๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž๐’๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ
    Ensure type safety in your components for maintainability.

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Josรฉ Neto

Nice list, but I disagree with the last topic. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐“๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฌ was deprecated, and his last release was 3 years ago. And also, react 19 ignores PropTypes (and defaultProps).

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Silvia O'Dwyer

Super useful list, thanks for sharing! Will be sure to go through this checklist when developing my React apps. Just bookmarked this โœ