JAVASCRIPT

React `useMount` Hook for Effects Running Only on Component Mount

Execute a function only once when a React component mounts, providing a clean way to handle initial setup logic without running on subsequent re-renders.

import { useEffect } from 'react';

const useMount = (callback) => {
  useEffect(() => {
    callback();
  }, []); // Empty dependency array ensures it runs only once on mount
};

export default useMount;
How it works: The `useMount` hook is a simple wrapper around `useEffect` that ensures its callback function is executed only once when the component first mounts. By providing an empty dependency array to `useEffect`, it explicitly tells React not to re-run the effect on subsequent updates, making it ideal for one-time initialization tasks such as fetching data or setting up event listeners that only need to happen once.

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