Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In the previous lesson, we looked at the useMemo hook which allows us to memoize computed values in our React Components to avoid unnecessary recomputations. The memo function also works similarly.

This function allows us to memoize components to avoid unnecessary re-renders and in this lesson, I show with examples, how to use this function.

Resources:
* Course Website: https://simplereact.dev/

You can find the code used in this video here: github.com/dillionmegida/react-course/tree/part-23

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Timestamp:
00:00 Project overview
03:57 Why we need React.memo
05:50 Using the React.memo function
10:28 Memo has nothing to do with state

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