What is component lifecycle?

Component lifecycle refers to the series of stages a component goes through from its creation to its destruction within a software application. Understanding and managing this lifecycle is crucial for building robust, maintainable, and performant applications. Common stages include initialization/mounting, updating, and unmounting/destruction. Frameworks like React, Angular, and Vue.js provide specific lifecycle methods or hooks that allow developers to execute code at particular points in a component's lifecycle, enabling them to perform tasks such as setting up initial state, fetching data, responding to changes in props or state, and cleaning up resources to prevent memory leaks.