A React Hooks starter demonstrates a counter that adds or removes apple emojis in a grid layout. The interface uses `React.useState` to manage the current message and status text, while `React.useReducer` handles increment and decrement actions on an initial count of 24. `React.useEffect` updates the status message after the tree mounts, and `React.useRef` holds a reference to the main div. The code imports React, ReactDOM, and a CSS file, then renders the entire component with `ReactDOM.render`.