This is a lesson from our React course, . Get 30% off during our launch sale through May 22nd. --- We're long past it now, but in my opinion, React v18 was both the most underrated and undervalued release React has ever had. At the time, it seemed like a big, low-level nothing burger geared entirely towards library authors. But with the luxury of hindsight, it's now clear that React v18 was a turning point in React's history. So why did it take so long and why was it so critical to the entire future of React? Let's take a look.