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React Hooks - useReducer

Andrew on March 28, 2021

I have a YouTube video where I go into more detail. I explain the reducer function in greater depth there as well. What is it? The ...
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jotsarup-singh

i call it mini version of redux.

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Reactify

So can I ditch redux and use this stuff alone?

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Andrew • Edited

Good question. Redux is great for combining multiple reducers. (and combining all the dispatched actions to work together). It's also good for injecting middleware for developer tools and performing asynchronous tasks (fetch data, etc..) inside actions. I might have to add an edit to the blog πŸ€”πŸ‘.

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Reactify

What others do I need I hear of thunk redux and such.but I don't know much about it. I've used context API alone

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Reactify

I see other stuff like redux thunk. Can you advise me on everything I need for redux. I'll have 100 code days in Frontend (react and Firebase)
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jotsarup-singh

@reactifystudio it can be used in small medium size projects but for large application its difficult to manage.

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Reactify

Okay thanks. And which other tools you use in React?.

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Andrew

That's how I think of it πŸ˜‚

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Andrew

I could see that. Good call

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Vanaroth

Very good post, thank you.

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Andrew

Thank you πŸ™

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Petr Tcoi

Is there any naming convention for components with useDispatch from react-redux?

const dispatch = useDispatch()
and
const [state, dispatch] = useReducer(reducer, initialState)

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Husni Rizal

Thanks! Clear and concise, just what I needed.

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Andrew

Thanks! πŸ™

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John McDonald

Great article! Hooks are the best thing since functional components in React!

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Andrew

Thanks! Agreed!

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Kevin Leguizamon

Hey man, greats tutorial πŸ‘

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Andrew

Thanks! πŸ™

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Oskar Pietrucha

Nice tutorial, thanks! I'm gonna implement it in my projects

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Andrew

My pleasure! Awesome to hear!

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dhan46code

Greatt, i like this article

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Babajide Ibiayo

Awesome!!! Thanks. I enjoyed the video so much that I coded each line and then went ahead to build an express API server to fetch random quotes off a mongoDb database running on my laptop.

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Andrew

That's so awesome to hear!