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Creating a drag and drop uploader with previews using React

And writing your first custom hook in the process

Alek Angelov
Nov 7 · 5 min read

There are a bunch of libraries that do this for you. Why would you be dumb enough to reinvent the wheel? Well, the first reason is that you’re going to learn something new. The second reason is maybe your app has special needs that aren’t really covered in the current libraries…

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