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World Congress 2024 • Aug 20, 2024 • Session details

Rethinking React State Management: The Power of Built-In Solutions

Marc Brehmer

Are heavy state management libraries adding unnecessary bloat to your React apps? Discover how to engineer robust, native global state using just the Context API and useReducer.

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#1 about 5 min

Understanding the role and benefits of state management

An overview of application state and its impact on user experience, data consistency, and performance.

#2 about 3 min

Handling local state and the problem of prop drilling

How passing local state down multiple component layers creates messy code and limits maintainability.

#3 about 4 min

Managing global state with external libraries like Recoil

Using external libraries to distribute application state across components without explicit prop drilling.

#4 about 3 min

Implementing global state natively using the Context API

Creating a custom global state management solution using React's built-in context hooks.

#5 about 3 min

Common pitfalls of context and global state libraries

The performance and maintenance challenges that arise from nested contexts and distributed state architectures.

#6 about 3 min

Controlling complex state updates using pure state transformers

Encapsulating state modification logic into standalone pure functions for predictable behavior and simple testing.

#7 about 5 min

Combining native tools for user authentication state management

Constructing an application-wide authorization state by weaving contexts, reducers, and state transformers together.

#8 about 2 min

Advantages of utilizing native React state management tools

How adopting built-in hooks reduces application bundle size and prevents future dependency conflicts.

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Performance and architectural drawbacks of React context

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Constructing basic UI components using React hooks

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Introduction to modern client-side state management concepts

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