🚀 Introduction
If you are working with React and using the useState hook, you might have noticed a strange behavior: when you update the state using the setter function (e.g., setState), the new value doesn’t appear immediately after calling it. This can be confusing for beginners and even experienced developers.
In this article, we’ll explain why this happens, how React’s state update mechanism works under the hood, and how to correctly handle state updates so your app behaves as expected. We’ll also share best practices and common pitfalls, along with relevant examples.