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    Master the fundamental differences between React's Functional and Class components. Discover why Hooks revolutionized development and made Functional components the modern standard for cleaner, more readable code.

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    Functional components with Hooks represent a fundamental shift in how we think about component logic: instead of organizing code around lifecycle events, we organize it around concerns and effects.

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