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Handling Browser Storage with React Hooks
This is a very common issue when you need to store data in the browser by using any methods
sessionStorage or localStorage with React Hooks.let's get rid out of it. 😎
I have a language that I change on the selection of dropdown and store on the browser.
const [language, setLanguage] = useState(null);
const changeLang = () => {
// update language
setLanguage("en-IN");
// store language in browser as well
localStorage.setItem('language', language);
}Does the above snippet look fine and store data???🙄 Noooo!!!! It can’t store on the first hit, Because of the
async behavior of setLanguage in useState() hooks.useEffect(() => {
localStorage.setItem('language', language);
}, [language])This is nothing but a dependent state which gets fire when the language gets changed.
That's It!!!
Enjoy browser storage peacefully 😍
{HappyCode}
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