React tutorial for beginners 2021 - Creating a count down timer using useEffect

In this video I show you how to implement a countdown timer using the in react using hooks. I start off by showing you should not implement a countdown timer, and then show you how to do it correctly. using the useEffect hook.


Code for this video can be found at https://github.com/lyraddigital/react-useeffect-countdown-timer


The main branch contains the final output of the video, but there is also a startup branch which represents the start of this video.


Hopefully this helps you on your journey to learn React.js.


Daryl

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