use-changed-props

A React hook to log which props have changed. The hook will also include the changes for each prop, which is useful for tracking down unnecessary work when nothing really changed eg. a reference was updated.

https://www.npmjs.com/package/use-changed-props

Demo

https://codepen.io/mozmorris/pen/BaopXRX?editors=1111

Installation

npm install use-changed-props

or

yarn add use-changed-props

Usage

Log changed props to console

import useChangedProps from "use-changed-props"

const App = props => {

  // log props changes
  useChangedProps(props)

  return </div>
}

Disable logging

import useChangedProps from "use-changed-props"

const App = props => {

  // disable logging
  const options = { log: false }

  // store changed props
  const changedProps = useChangedProps(props, options)

  return </div>
}

Options

Option	Description	Default
log	Should automatically log prop changes to the console	true

License

MIT

Motivation

"How to check what props have changed?"

"Determine which props caused a re-render"

I've found myself Googling these questions on more than one occasion. Ideally I can now just drop this hook in to my component and get feedback about which props have changed and also the differences.