ReactJS lifecycle method inside a function Component

Question

Instead of writing my components inside a class, I\'d like to use the function syntax instead.

How do I override componentDidMount, componentWillM

Answer 1

You can make use of create-react-class module. Official documentation

Of course you must first install it

npm install create-react-class

Here is a working example

import React from "react";
import ReactDOM from "react-dom"
let createReactClass = require('create-react-class')


let Clock = createReactClass({
    getInitialState:function(){
        return {date:new Date()}
    },

    render:function(){
        return (
            <h1>{this.state.date.toLocaleTimeString()}</h1>
        )
    },

    componentDidMount:function(){
        this.timerId = setInterval(()=>this.setState({date:new Date()}),1000)
    },

    componentWillUnmount:function(){
        clearInterval(this.timerId)
    }

})

ReactDOM.render(
    <Clock/>,
    document.getElementById('root')
)

Answer 2

You can make your own "lifecycle methods" using hooks for maximum nostalgia.

Utility functions:

import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";

export const componentDidMount = handler => {
  return useEffect(() => {
    return handler();
  }, []);
};

export const componentDidUpdate = (handler, deps) => {
  const isInitialMount = useRef(true);

  useEffect(() => {
    if (isInitialMount.current) {
      isInitialMount.current = false;

      return;
    }

    return handler();
  }, deps);
};

Usage:

import { componentDidMount, componentDidUpdate } from "./utils";

export const MyComponent = ({ myProp }) => {
  componentDidMount(() => {
    console.log("Component did mount!");
  });

  componentDidUpdate(() => {
    console.log("Component did update!");
  });

  componentDidUpdate(() => {
    console.log("myProp did update!");
  }, [myProp]);
};