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What is useLoaderData? Can you explain its benefits like i'm 5?

useLoaderData in Remix is a bit like getting your favorite toy from a toy box. Imagine you have a magic toy box (the loader function) that can create any toy you want. When you say, "I want my toy dinosaur," the toy box gives you the dinosaur. In your computer program, useLoaderData works the same way. It gets data (like your toy dinosaur) that was prepared by the loader function.

Here's a simple way to think about it:

1. The loader function is like a magic box that can get or make different things (data) you ask for.
2. useLoaderData is like saying, "Please give me the thing that the magic box has ready for me."
3. In your program, this helps you easily get the data you need without having to ask for it in a complicated way.

So, when you create a webpage and you want to show something (like a list of toys), you can use useLoaderData to quickly get that list from your magic box (the loader function) and show it on your page【9†source】【10†source】【11†source】.