By now, we might be wondering what exactly Redux is (besides a set of principles and some helper functions). Essentially, Redux brings actions and reducers together. It provides a store, which contains the application state and provides some functions to do the following:
- Access the application state: store.getState()
- Dispatch actions: store.dispatch(action)
- Register listeners: store.subscribe(listener)
According to the official documentation of Redux, Redux is a predictable state container for JavaScript apps
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The state container (store) is the heart of Redux: It contains your application state and does not allow external changes. Redux only allows changes through actions, which get passed to pure reducer functions. These restrictions that Redux enforces are what makes your application state predictable.
