February 13, 2025

Stop using useContext, Start using `use`

Modern react comes with a new top level API (starting with React 19) called use.

It provides a number of features, but a key one is that it can resolve a context value similar to useContext.

Additionally use is better than useContext because you can call it conditionally (and even in loops). This makes use better (more flexible) than useContext

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React use API vs useContext

Lesson from "Professional React": React use API vs useContext

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