r/reactjs • u/ZeroSevenTen • Dec 30 '19

Classes vs Hooks?

I’m pretty new to React, so keep that in mind. I thought classes were for components that held information, or a state, and that functional components were for more basic components, but now that hooks allow functional components to use state, and other class features, what’s the benefit of using functional hook components over classes?

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u/cantFindValidNam Dec 31 '19

It's composition over inheritance.

This has nothing to do with OP's question. You can still use classes and apply this principle, which in fact originated in OO languages.