Render Props Are Not Dead — React Hooks Didn't Replace What Actually Matters
📰 Dev.to · Maryan Mats
Learn why render props are still useful in React, despite the introduction of hooks, and how they can be used for rendering control and component architecture
Action Steps
- Use render props to control rendering in complex components
- Apply inversion of control principles with render props
- Build a custom component using render props and a third-party library like Headless UI
- Compare the differences between render props and React hooks for logic sharing
- Configure a component to use render props for rendering control, rather than relying on hooks alone
Who Needs to Know This
Frontend developers and React engineers can benefit from understanding the use cases for render props, especially when working with complex component architectures or third-party libraries like Headless UI, Downshift, and Base UI
Key Insight
💡 Render props provide a way to control rendering and invert control in React components, which is not fully replaced by React hooks
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🚀 Render props are not dead! They still have a place in React for rendering control and component architecture #React #RenderProps
Key Takeaways
Learn why render props are still useful in React, despite the introduction of hooks, and how they can be used for rendering control and component architecture
Full Article
Hooks replaced render props for logic sharing — but not for rendering control, inversion of control, or component architecture. Here's why I still use render props in 2026, with real patterns from Headless UI, Downshift, and Base UI.
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