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React useEffect best practices guide covering when to use Effects and superior alternatives. \n \n Teaches the escape-hatch nature of Effects: use only for synchronizing with external systems, not for derived state, expensive calculations, or user event responses \n Provides a decision tree and quick-reference table mapping common situations (data fetching, state derivation, prop changes) to the correct React pattern \n Covers when NOT to use Effects: transforming data for render, handling user

Effects are an escape hatch from React. They let you synchronize with external systems. If there is no external system involved, you shouldn't need an Effect.