Exploring Data Management in React

In modern frontend development, the way we handle state and data access can make or break an application. Whether you’re a solo developer or part of a large team, understanding best practices and common pitfalls is critical. This chapter aims to elevate your proficiency in state management and data handling within React applications, focusing on scalable and maintainable approaches.

State management is challenging, particularly in React, and there are many issues that developers tend to face in their day-to-day work. One of the challenges is where you can locate the business logic in your code base. When business logic infiltrates UI components, it compromises their reusability. Many domain objects, along with computational logic, are scattered in UI components either deliberately or unintentionally, which can lead to tangled logic that’s hard to follow, debug, and test. It can also lead to performance issues, which negatively affect...