useState looks simple on the surface, but behind it is one of the core ideas that makes React work:...
useState looks simple on the surface, but behind it is one of the core ideas that makes React work: persistent state + re-rendering. In this article, we'll build a tiny version of useState ourselves to understand the mental model behind it.
Understanding the Basic Idea Behind useState
First, we know that the useState returns a state and a function to update that state.
const [state, setState] = useState()
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