It's no surprise that React is a good fit for Flux architectures. Both technologies were created by the same company, and they both solve complimentary problems. In this section, we'll dive into some of the details of what it is about React that makes it work so well with Flux. We'll start by looking at the unidirectional flows found in both Flux and React. Next, we'll discuss the idea that re-rendering DOM structures is easier than manipulating specific DOM nodes, and why this is a good fit for store change event handlers. Finally, we'll talk about the relatively small code footprint of React components.
The data-flow in a Flux architecture is unidirectional. It starts with an action and ends with view updates—there's no other way for data to get into a view component. React itself shares this same unidirectional philosophy with Flux. Data flows into a root React component and trickles down into any components used to compose the root...