Refs, Events and Escape Hatches

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This React.js article discusses using refs, events, and escape hatches as alternatives to dependency arrays for avoiding stale closures. It builds on a previous post about hooks and demonstrates practical solutions for managing mutable state and function references in React components with code examples.

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