--- title: "Hooks go mainstream as React 16.8 is released" publication: "React Status" issue: 124 published_at: "2019-02-06" canonical_url: "https://react.statuscode.com/issues/124" --- This week's React news #124 — Febraury 6, 2019 [Read on the Web](https://react.statuscode.com/issues/124) React Status Your weekly React news digest, every Wednesday [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/oztvchnplsjhdhuwcxj3.jpg)](https://reactjs.org/blog/2019/02/06/react-v16.8.0.html) [React v16.8 Released: It's The One With Hooks](https://reactjs.org/blog/2019/02/06/react-v16.8.0.html) — There was surely going to be no other top featured item this week! While hooks have been in React in an experimental form for a few months now, they’re now a truly official part of React. If you’re not used hooks yet, there’s a great [‘at a glance’ view of what they’re about.](https://reactjs.org/docs/hooks-overview.html) Dan Abramov [React as a UI Runtime](https://overreacted.io/react-as-a-ui-runtime/) — Dan is keen to note that you _don’t_ need to know this stuff as a day to day React developer but… if you’re curious, this is an incredibly in-depth exploration of the React programming model. Dan Abramov [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/d93a6cf7.jpg)](https://frontendmasters.com/courses/design-for-developers/) [Design for Developers ✨ New Course by Sarah Drasner](https://frontendmasters.com/courses/design-for-developers/) — Become more self-sufficient for the entire process for execution, from concept to design to implementation. Understand the rules for designing and learn to create complex and beautiful front-end experiences. Frontend Masters sponsor [Garbage Collection in Redux Applications](https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog/garbage-collection-in-redux-applications) — SoundCloud’s _Xbox_ (yes, Xbox) app is a React and Redux app that runs in a native web view wrapper and due to Xbox related limitations a ‘memory leak’ (of sorts) was causing issues. Jan Monschke (SoundCloud) [The React-Redux Roadmap](https://github.com/reduxjs/react-redux/issues/1177) — [React-Redux v6](https://github.com/reduxjs/react-redux/releases/tag/v6.0.0) came out a couple of months ago - here the core team lay out what changes were made, why, and what the plan is going forward to resolve of the remaining issues. Mark Erikson 💻 React Jobs [JavaScript Developer at X-Team (Remote)](https://x-team.com/remote-javascript-developer-jobs/?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=email-ad&utm_campaign=react) — Join the most energizing community for developers. Work from anywhere with the world's leading brands. 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Eric Bishard ▶[A Video Series on Building Next.js Projects with TypeScript and GraphQL](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfmh2mMf3fs&t=0s&list=PLN3n1USn4xlkDk8vPVtgyGG3_1eXYPrW-&index=2) — There are ten easily digestible screencasts so far to enjoy if you want to get up to speed with [Next.js](https://nextjs.org/). Ben Awad [How I Built An Async Form Validation Library in ~100 Lines of Code with React Hooks](https://medium.freecodecamp.org/how-i-built-an-async-form-validation-library-in-100-lines-of-code-with-react-hooks-81dbff6c4a04) Austin Malerba [Send Data to Any Analytics Tool Without Having to Implement a New API](https://segment.com/docs/sources/mobile/react-native/?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ss) Segment sponsor [Using React and XState to Build a Sign In Form](https://css-tricks.com/using-react-and-xstate-to-build-a-sign-in-form/) Brad Woods [React Semantic UI Tutorial for Beginners](https://www.robinwieruch.de/react-semantic-ui-tutorial/) Yomi Eluwande 🔧 Code and Tools [react-wordart: WordArt Nostalgia for React](https://github.com/yershalom/react-wordart) — Take a trip back to the 90s and using Microsoft Works’ _WordArt_ feature to spice up your homework 😆 Shalom Yerushalmy [Sing App React - Admin Dashboard to Speed Up Your Development Process](https://flatlogic.com/admin-dashboards/sing-app-react?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=react_status_february) — An SSR and Node.js backend will save you time even further. 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