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Reputation: 53

Use cases for when not to use redux?

I was always wondering if I should use redux store all the time even when it's not really necessary.

For example:

  1. I have form with select field that has some options I fetch from API. Let's imagine that form is for adding new car listing and select options are car models. Should I directly call API from component and display options or should I create store CarModels or something like that and store results from API there and then map those values to state in component?

  2. I have "Favorites" feature, when you click heart next to some item (let's say a car), do I need to go through dispatching all events FAVORITE_CAR_REQUEST, FAVORITE_CAR_SUCCESS etc... or is it good enough to just call API directly from component (using some kind of api-service of course).

  3. It's related to question above. If I have screen where I show favorites, I should then probably have store and connect everything with actual favorite action so I update the list. On new favorite, API will return favorited item, should I push that one in list of favorites already in store or should I just load again latest list when user opens up the favorites screen?

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2223

Answers (2)

anerco
anerco

Reputation: 107

I tend to use redux when the state has to be accessed globally / complex logic that i want to be logged properly

Upvotes: 1

YSbakker
YSbakker

Reputation: 707

I think this is a perfectly valid question. What I feel like you're trying to ask is if you could/should mix react state and the redux store. The answer is sure! Just think about where you need to use that part of state before deciding where to store it. If you need a part of the state in multiple components, it probably makes sense to use Redux. If you only need state locally, perhaps to set form validation errors, maybe use react's state management if you feel like it. React and redux are both meant to be flexible, so as long as you're consistent in when you use the redux store and react state you should be good.

I found this article that also explains this pretty well: https://blog.jakoblind.no/is-using-a-mix-of-redux-state-and-react-local-component-state-ok/

Upvotes: 3

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