Libraries for managing application state
Link to sectionState Management Ratios Over Time
State Management Ratios Over Time
Redux and its successor Redux Toolkit have long been the most widespread state management solutions, but Zustand is gaining ground fast. And since it's also the most popular in terms of user satisfaction, it's fair to say it should be considered the leader in this category.
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Number of Items
Many respondents do not use state management tools at all, showing that first-party APIs like
useState or useContext can often be sufficient to get the job done.Link to sectionOther State Management Libraries
Other State Management Libraries
While TanStack Query may be perceive as a data-querying library, the fact that it can also handle state management makes it a great addition to the category.
What other libraries have you used to manage state in your apps?
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Multiple
Link to sectionState Management Pain Points
State Management Pain Points
A good state management solutions must find a precarious balance: too limited, and it won't offer enough power to be adopted. Too complex, and developer experience will suffer.
What pain points have you encountered related to state management?
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Multiple
Link to sectionRecommended Resources
Recommended Resources
David Khourshid
Microsoft
State Management at Scale in React & Next.js
Solve challenging state management problems and build applications that reliably scale with your team. Recognize anti-patterns and learn complex state optimizations with data normalization, form data, and reducers.
David Khourshid
Microsoft
State Modeling in React with XState
XState helps you manage both local and global component states in React. In this course, we'll be learning to model state before we code using state machines and statecharts and then use those in our app to orchestrate complex app logic.
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