What is the difference between componentWillMount and componentDidMount in ReactJS?

Question

I looked at Facebook\'s documentation at (React.Component) and it mentions how componentWillMount is invoked on the client/server whereas componentDidMou

Answer 1

As per the documentation ( https://facebook.github.io/react/docs/react-component.html )

Methods prefixed with will are called right before something happens and

Methods prefixed with did are called right after something happens.