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Learning Redux

By : Daniel Bugl
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Learning Redux

By: Daniel Bugl

Overview of this book

The book starts with a short introduction to the principles and the ecosystem of Redux, then moves on to show how to implement the basic elements of Redux and put them together. Afterward, you are going to learn how to integrate Redux with other frameworks, such as React and Angular. Along the way, you are going to develop a blog application. To practice developing growing applications with Redux, we are going to start from nothing and keep adding features to our application throughout the book. You are going to learn how to integrate and use Redux DevTools to debug applications, and access external APIs with Redux. You are also going to get acquainted with writing tests for all elements of a Redux application. Furthermore, we are going to cover important concepts in web development, such as routing, user authentication, and communication with a backend server After explaining how to use Redux and how powerful its ecosystem can be, the book teaches you how to make your own abstractions on top of Redux, such as higher-order reducers and middleware. By the end of the book, you are going to be able to develop and maintain Redux applications with ease. In addition to learning about Redux, you are going be familiar with its ecosystem, and learn a lot about JavaScript itself, including best practices and patterns.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

About the book

Redux is a predictable state container for JavaScript apps. It helps you write applications that run in different environments (client, server, and native) and are predictable and easy to test. Additionally, Redux provides a great developer experience, such as live code editing and time traveling debugging. Redux can be used together with a view library, like React and Angular.

This book will start out teaching you why and how Redux works. We are going to learn about principles and restrictions that make your application more predictable. Afterwards, we will implement the basic elements of Redux to create a blog application. Next, we will connect Redux to a user interface by combining it with a view library, like React and Angular. Then we move on by implementing common functionality in our Redux application, such as user authentication, interfacing with APIs, writing tests, and routing. Finally, we are going to discuss extending Redux itself, by solving common problems with state management (such as undo/redo functionality) through higher-order reducers and middleware.

After reading this book, you will be able to write maintainable, predictable, consistent, and easy-to-test applications with Redux and React.