--- title: "An alternative to useEffect" publication: "React Status" issue: 292 published_at: "2022-06-08" canonical_url: "https://react.statuscode.com/issues/292" --- Plus writing WebGL shaders in React, and what's happening with Gatsby. | #​292 — June 8, 2022 [Read on the Web](https://react.statuscode.com/issues/292) React Status [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/dzgmew9ue02yba5hl68a.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPoC-k7Rxwo) ▶[Goodbye, `useEffect`? David Khourshid's Reactathon Talk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPoC-k7Rxwo) — Here, [Stately](https://stately.ai) founder David Khourshid makes the case for using event handlers and state machines to simplify handling effects in React apps rather than using `useEffect` which many developers struggle with and isn’t always well suited for the task anyway. 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Nils Caspar [How To Create a 'Copy Code' Button Along with React-Markdown](https://designly.biz/blog/post/react-markdown-how-to-create-a-copy-code-button) — A novel combination of the [react-markdown](https://github.com/remarkjs/react-markdown) and [react-syntax-highlighter](https://github.com/react-syntax-highlighter/react-syntax-highlighter) libraries to enable code to be quickly and easily copied with a single button click. Jay Simons (Designly Blog) [Stress Testing React 18’s Concurrent Features Using 3D Rendering](https://dawchihliou.github.io/articles/stress-testing-concurrent-features-in-react-18) — React 18 includes the highly anticipated [concurrent features](https://reactjs.org/blog/2022/03/29/react-v18.html#what-is-concurrent-react). This article describes how to incrementally optimize a sample 3D visualisation by employing this powerful new capability. Daw-Chih Liou [Should You Use Framer Motion or Motion One?](https://motion.dev/blog/should-you-use-framer-motion-or-motion-one) — The author of _both_ [Framer Motion](https://www.framer.com/motion/) and [Motion One](https://motion.dev) compares and contrasts the two JavaScript animation libraries. _Framer Motion_ is the way to go _if_ you’re using React, he says. Matt Perry [Reading Source Code: React-Query](https://alexkondov.com/reading-source-code-react-query/) — A tutorial which describes the author’s methodology for exploring and understanding an unfamiliar codebase. Alex Kondov 🛠 Code and Tools [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/hg46eha4ddaw1wlo2jdd.jpg)](https://github.com/karolkozer/planby) [Planby: A React Based Component to Implement an EPG-Like Timeline](https://github.com/karolkozer/planby) — Similar to the “electronic program guides” found on cable TV or streaming services. 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Locofy [ReactiveMaps 3.0: UI Components for Building Geo Search UIs](https://blog.reactivesearch.io/reactivemaps-3-0-release-geo-search-uis) — The new release supports both OpenStreetMaps _and_ Google Maps and enables the creation of [rich search experiences](https://blog.reactivesearch.io/reactivemaps-3-0-release-geo-search-uis#heading-see-what-you-can-build-with-reactivemaps) for your choice of [Elasticsearch](https://www.elastic.co/elasticsearch/), [OpenSearch](https://opensearch.org) and [MongoDB Atlas Search](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/atlas-search/) backends. ReactiveSearch Blog ## ⚡️ Quick Bits: [react-text-transition 2.0](https://github.com/WinterCore/react-text-transition) — Component to animate text changes. [react-pin-field](https://github.com/soywod/react-pin-field) — One of the commonly used elements of [MFA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-factor_authentication), made easy. [react-chartjs-2 4.2](https://github.com/reactchartjs/react-chartjs-2) — React components for Chart.js. [Ruck](https://ruck.tech/) — Build-less React web app framework for Deno. This issue was curated by Terence C. Gannon and edited by the Cooperpress team. A **[Cooperpress](https://cooperpress.com/)** publication. [Change your email address](https://react.statuscode.com/edit_subscription/*|UID|*) or[Stop getting this newsletter](https://react.statuscode.com/leave/*|UID|*) © Cooper Press Ltd · Fairfield Enterprise Centre, Louth, LN11 0LS, United Kingdom