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@preact-hooks/instance

v1.0.6

Published

A custom Preact Hook that provides a sensible alternative to useRef for storing instance variables.

Downloads

7

Readme

Inspired by donovan/use-instance

version MIT License

Table of Contents

Why?

See more in-depth explanation at: donovan/use-instance.

  • useRef is weird.
  • The fact that you have to access it via .current is strange.
  • You treat the object returned by useInstance just like you would this in a class component, so you're already familiar with how it works.
  • Use useRef if you're dealing with actual DOM elements.
  • Use useInstance for instance properties and methods.

Installation

This package has Preact 10+ as a peer dependency.

npm install @preact-hooks/instance or yarn add @preact-hooks/instance

You can also load it via the unpkg CDN

https://unpkg.com/@preact-hooks/instance will download the latest UMD bundle.

Docs

For usage and examples see donovan/use-instance.

LICENSE

MIT