When to Avoid Using useEffect in React to Optimize Your Code

1import { useState, useEffect } from "react";
2
3interface GreetingProps {
4  name: string;
5}
6
7function Greeting({ name }: GreetingProps) {
8  const [greeting, setGreeting] = useState<string>("");
9
10  useEffect(() => {
11    setGreeting(`Hello, ${name}`);
12  }, [name]);
13
14  return <h1>{greeting}</h1>;
15}

1import { useState } from "react";
2
3interface GreetingProps {
4  name: string;
5}
6
7function Greeting({ name }: GreetingProps) {
8  const [greeting] = useState<string>(() => `Hello, ${name}`);
9
10  return <h1>{greeting}</h1>;
11}

1import { useState, useEffect } from "react";
2
3interface CartItem {
4  price: number;
5}
6
7interface CartProps {
8  items: CartItem[];
9}
10
11function Cart({ items }: CartProps) {
12  const [total, setTotal] = useState<number>(0);
13
14  useEffect(() => {
15    setTotal(items.reduce((sum, item) => sum + item.price, 0));
16  }, [items]);
17
18  return <p>Total: ${total}</p>;
19}

1interface CartItem {
2  price: number;
3}
4
5interface CartProps {
6  items: CartItem[];
7}
8
9function Cart({ items }: CartProps) {
10  const total = items.reduce((sum, item) => sum + item.price, 0);
11
12  return <p>Total: ${total}</p>;
13}

1import { useState, useEffect } from "react";
2
3interface ExpensiveCalculationProps {
4  num: number;
5}
6
7function ExpensiveCalculation({ num }: ExpensiveCalculationProps) {
8  const [result, setResult] = useState<number>(0);
9
10  useEffect(() => {
11    const computation = heavyComputation(num);
12    setResult(computation);
13  }, [num]);
14
15  return <p>Result: {result}</p>;
16}
17
18function heavyComputation(num: number): number {
19  // Simulates an expensive calculation
20  return num * 2; // Simplified example
21}

1import { useMemo } from "react";
2
3interface ExpensiveCalculationProps {
4  num: number;
5}
6
7function ExpensiveCalculation({ num }: ExpensiveCalculationProps) {
8  const result = useMemo(() => heavyComputation(num), [num]);
9
10  return <p>Result: {result}</p>;
11}
12
13function heavyComputation(num: number): number {
14  // Simulates an expensive calculation
15  return num * 2; // Simplified example
16}

1import { useState, useEffect } from "react";
2
3interface TextInputProps {
4  value: string;
5  onChange: (value: string) => void;
6}
7
8function TextInput({ value, onChange }: TextInputProps) {
9  const [text, setText] = useState<string>(value);
10
11  useEffect(() => {
12    setText(value);
13  }, [value]);
14
15  return <input value={text} onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value)} />;
16}

1interface TextInputProps {
2  value: string;
3  onChange: (value: string) => void;
4}
5
6function TextInput({ value, onChange }: TextInputProps) {
7  return <input value={value} onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value)} />;
8}

1import { useState, useEffect } from "react";
2
3interface HighlightedTextProps {
4  isHighlighted: boolean;
5  text: string;
6}
7
8function HighlightedText({ isHighlighted, text }: HighlightedTextProps) {
9  const [className, setClassName] = useState<string>("");
10
11  useEffect(() => {
12    setClassName(isHighlighted ? "highlight" : "");
13  }, [isHighlighted]);
14
15  return <span className={className}>{text}</span>;
16}

1interface HighlightedTextProps {
2  isHighlighted: boolean;
3  text: string;
4}
5
6function HighlightedText({ isHighlighted, text }: HighlightedTextProps) {
7  return <span className={isHighlighted ? "highlight" : ""}>{text}</span>;
8}