Higher-Order Component (HOC)

Essentially, an HOC is a function that takes a component as an argument and returns a new component with enhanced behavior. An HOC doesn't modify the original component directly. It wraps the original component in another component that can provide additional functionality, such as fetching data, handling authentication, or adding lifecycle methods, without modifying the actual component logic. Common use cases of HOC include: feature flagging, tracking analytics, adding authentication logic, data fetching from APIs.