Datavis2020 React and D3 no more axis from d3?

I’m half way through the datavis2020 videos (thanks a lot for these helpful videos!) I see that we are creating our own axisLeft and axisBottom in React+D3. Does this mean the benefit offered by d3 to auto-generate axis is obsolete in the React world?

Greetings,

It is possible to use useRef and useEffect to invoke D3 axis functionality directly within a React component.

Here’s an example: