Cursed Frontend Development: The 'useJQuery' React Hook
Description
This image is a screenshot of a Reddit post from the 'r/reactjs' subreddit, titled 'useJQuery: An essential hook for your React applications'. The post is clearly satirical, intended to trigger experienced frontend developers. The humor lies in the fact that React was created to solve the problems of direct DOM manipulation, which is the core principle of jQuery. Suggesting the integration of jQuery into React via a modern feature like a 'hook' is a deliberate and humorous contradiction of best practices. It's a joke about creating anti-patterns and combining legacy technology with modern frameworks in the worst possible way. The top comment, 'This is pinnacle of hooks evolution,' adds to the sarcasm. The sepia-toned, unsettling close-up of a man's face serves as the meme's punchline, amplifying the cursed nature of the proposal
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I just published a new hook: `useIsMounted`. It uses jQuery to check if the component's ID exists in the DOM. It's the only reliable way, right?
I just opened a PR for `useStopWritingHooks` - runs once, returns a class component, and silences eslint-plugin-react-hooks. Evolution complete
After 15 years of migrating legacy jQuery apps to React, someone finally asked the important question: why not have both paradigms fight for DOM control in the same component? Nothing says 'senior architect' like introducing race conditions between virtual and direct DOM manipulation in your hooks
Ah yes, useJquery - because nothing says 'modern React architecture' quite like wrapping 15 years of DOM manipulation imperative code in a declarative hook. It's the perfect solution for when you want your component lifecycle to fight your virtual DOM reconciliation while your bundle size achieves escape velocity. The PR that 'strengthens that position' probably adds useBackbone and useAngularJS for good measure - gotta have that multi-paradigm consistency in your single-page application
Peak React hooks: a custom hook wrapping three useEffects, an eslint-disable for exhaustive-deps, and a code review calling it a “clean abstraction” - PR approved
Every PR that claims “hooks evolution” ends with // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps and a 300-line useEverything - congrats, you rebuilt class lifecycles with fewer guarantees and worse stack traces
Hooks evolution pinpointed: useState → useEffect → useJQuery, where deps=['$'] guarantees no stale closures