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JavaScript React Components Stateful Components and Lifecycle Methods Update the Stopwatch State with componentDidMount()

Begana Choi
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Begana Choi
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Posted by Begana Choi
Begana Choi
Courses Plus Student 13,123 Points

why don't we use prevState in tick function for ( now - this.state.previousTime )?

prevState is the better way to verify that state did update correctly. but why we don't use prevState for this part?

tick = () => {
        if(this.state.isRunning){
            const now = Date.now();
            this.setState( prevState => ({
                previousTime: now,
                elapsedTime: prevState.elapsedTime + ( now - this.state.previousTime ) <<this part
            }))
        }
    }
Mia Filisch
Mia Filisch
15,379 Points
Mia Filisch
Mia Filisch
15,379 Points

I was just wondering the same thing! My understanding is that it's always better to use prevState than this.state when updating state based on existing state, so I assume this is simply an oversight. I used prevState in both places and it seems to work fine!