Mern.AI University
  • Welcome to Magic University
  • What are web-based products?
  • Anatomy of a product
    • High level architecture
  • Scoping your product
    • Plan your first phase with necessary features
  • Drafting a Development Plan
  • Executing the Development Plan
    • Incorporating an existing template
    • Creating a custom feature
      • Functionalities in a page
        • Develop UI Functionality
        • Develop Server Functionality
          • Common things done in the backend
    • Customizing an existing template (Magic Feature)
  • Testing and Quality Checklist
  • Best Practices
  • Glossary
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  1. Executing the Development Plan
  2. Creating a custom feature
  3. Functionalities in a page

Develop UI Functionality

Creating interactive elements like buttons, forms, and menus to enhance user experience and functionality in an application or website.

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The next step is to develop UI functionality,

Utilize React Hooks

React Hooks are special functions that let you "hook into" React features like state and lifecycle methods directly from function components, without the need for class components.

Incorporate React hooks to manage state and side effects within your components.

Hooks like useState, useEffect, useContext, etc., empower developers to manage various aspects of component behaviour in React applications with efficiency and flexibility.

useState

  • This hook allows components to maintain and update their own state. By using useState, developers can declare state variables and update them in response to user interactions or other events.

  • This enables components to dynamically render content based on changes in state, enhancing interactivity and user experience.

useEffect

  • useEffect enables components to perform side effects, such as fetching data from an API, subscribing to external data sources, or updating the DOM, after each render cycle.

  • It replaces lifecycle methods like componentDidMount, componentDidUpdate, and componentWillUnmount, allowing developers to manage side effects in a declarative and consistent manner.

useContext

  • useContext provides a way for components to access values from React's context without having to pass props down through every level of the component tree.

  • This is particularly useful for accessing global state, theme settings, or other shared data across multiple components.

By leveraging these hooks, developers can streamline state management, handle side effects, and access shared data more efficiently, leading to cleaner, more maintainable code and improved application performance.

to refer to React tutorials for guidance on using hooks effectively.

Next, let's transition to developing server functionality.

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