Managing State with Redux
So far, in our app, we have managed the state locally within our React components. We've also used the React context when the state needs to be shared between different components. This approach works well for many applications. React Redux helps us handle complex state scenarios robustly. It shines when user interactions result in several changes to state, perhaps some that are conditional, and mainly when the interaction results in web service calls. It's also great when there's lots of shared state across the application.
We'll start this chapter by understanding the Redux pattern and the different terms, such as actions and reducers. We'll follow the principles of Redux and the benefits it brings.
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