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What is Strict Mode in React?

Code of Relevancy on March 24, 2023

Hello React developers, you've probably heard of strict mode. But what the hell is it, exactly? In short term, React.StrictMode is a useful compone...
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Sergey Leschev

Great article on Strict Mode in React! As a developer, I appreciate any tool or component that helps me catch potential problems before they cause issues for users. It's great to see how can highlight issues and improve the overall quality of an application. In our projects, we also use strict mode in our React applications to ensure best practices are followed and the performance is optimized. Thanks for sharing this informative piece!

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Code of Relevancy

Glad you found it helpful.. Thank you for your great feedback. Happy coding..

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Mike Dodge

Very helpful and informative article! I never understood what strict mode was for. I just wish there was a way to make it work with WebSockets. I've had to disable Strict Mode to get WebSockets to work. github.com/facebook/create-react-a...

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Cristian Fernando

good article!

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Code of Relevancy

Thank you my friend

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fruntend

Сongratulations 🥳! Your article hit the top posts for the week - dev.to/fruntend/top-10-posts-for-f...
Keep it up 👍

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Code of Relevancy

Thanks a ton man..

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Sherry Day

Thanks for this.

Can you provide examples of how React.StrictMode helps identify issues related to unsafe lifecycle methods or improper use of the ref API in a developer's code?

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Code of Relevancy

I have updated the article as per your request..

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Code of Relevancy

Thanks for reading it.
You have a good point, I will update the article accordingly..

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Abishek Haththakage

great article

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Thank you bro

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yogini16

Wow, great article.
Thank you for this post

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Thank you..

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roix

Any reason this not enabled by default?

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Code of Relevancy

Hmm, it may have a negative impact on the performance of your app if it's enabled as default. performs some additional checks to catch the potential bugs..

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byby

This is a great article! You did a great job explaining Strict Mode in React. I learned a lot from it. Thanks for sharing!

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Thank you for sharing kind words

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CodeBucks

Great article and explanation.

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Thank you boss 🙏

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Lotfi Jebali

This is helpful and well explained thank you

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Code of Relevancy

Thank you my friend 🙏

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Thomas Sentre

Thank you for sharing, It's helpful.

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Code of Relevancy

Glad you found it helpful. Thank you sir..

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Bret Bernhoft

You used fantastic visuals/images for this article. Great job! And you explained Strict Mode in React nicely. I appreciate the effort that you put into this.

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I designed those visuals by myself. Thank you boss for your kind words and appreciation.. Happy weekend

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Code Of Accuracy

Thank you for sharing this article! I found it to be really informative and well-written, Your writing style is engaging and easy to follow, and I learned a lot from reading your article.

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Thank you bro for appreciating it..

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Ghanshyam Thakkar • Edited

Grate article.. Thanks