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# [Understanding the React useState() Hook](https://raunaqchawhan.hashnode.dev/understanding-the-react-usestate-hook?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Introduction Hooks were introduced in React v16.8.0. Prior to that, if we had written a functional component and wanted to add state or make use of lifecycle methods to perform operations such as data fetching and manual DOM manipulation, the functio...

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