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Flux Architecture

By : Adam Boduch
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Flux Architecture

By: Adam Boduch

Overview of this book

Whilst React has become Facebook’s poster-child for clean, complex, and modern web development, it has quietly been underpinned by its simplicity. It’s just a view. The real beauty in React is actually the architectural pattern that handles data in and out of React applications: Flux. With Flux, you’re able to build data-rich applications that engage your users, and scale to meet every demand. It is a key part of the Facebook technology stack that serves billions of users every day. This book will start by introducing the Flux pattern and help you get an understanding of what it is and how it works. After this, we’ll build real-world React applications that highlight the power and simplicity of Flux in action. Finally, we look at the landscape of Flux and explore the Alt and Redux libraries that make React and Flux developments easier. Filled with fully-worked examples and code-first explanations, by the end of the book, you'll not only have a rock solid understanding of the architecture, but will be ready to implement Flux architecture in anger.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Flux Architecture
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 7. Viewing Information

The view layer is the last data flow stop in a Flux architecture. Views are the essence of our application because they provide information directly to the user and respond directly to user interactions. This chapter takes a detailed look at view components within the context of a Flux architecture.

We'll start with a discussion about getting views their data, and what they can do with it once they have it. Next, we'll look at some examples that emphasize the stateless nature of Flux views. Then, we'll review the responsibilities of views in Flux architectures, which are different from views in other types of frontend architectures.

We'll wrap the chapter up with a look at using ReactJS components as the view layer. Let's get started!