Does a render happen before function in React Hooks useEffect is called?

Question

I would have thought that useEffect\'s first function gets called before the first render, but when I call the method below, my console.log just before the return method cal

Answer 1

According to the useEffect documentation:

If you’re familiar with React class lifecycle methods, you can think of useEffect Hook as componentDidMount, componentDidUpdate, and componentWillUnmount combined.

So yes, it runs after the first render and each subsequent render.