Differences between Zustand and Redux
In some use cases, the developer experience can be similar in Zustand and Redux. Both are based on one-way data flow. In one-way data flow, we dispatch action, which represents a command to update a state, and after the state is updated with action, the new state is propagated to where it's needed. This separation of dispatching and propagating simplifies the flow of data and makes the entire system more predictable.
On the other hand, they differ in how to update states. Redux is based on reducers. A reducer is a pure function that takes a previous state and an action object and returns a new state. While updating states with reducers is a strict method, it leads to more predictability. Zustand takes a flexible approach and it doesn't necessarily use reducers to update states.
In this section, we will see a comparison by converting an example with Redux into Zustand. Then we will see the differences between the two.
