You're reading from Micro State Management with React Hooks Explore custom hooks libraries like Zustand, Jotai, and Valtio to manage global states

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801812375

Length 254 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

React

Concepts

Front End Web Development

Author (1):

Daishi Kato

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: React Hooks and Micro State Management

2. Chapter 1: What Is Micro State Management with React Hooks? FREE CHAPTER

3. Part 2: Basic Approaches to the Global State

4. Chapter 2: Using Local and Global States

5. Chapter 3: Sharing Component State with Context

6. Chapter 4: Sharing Module State with Subscription

7. Chapter 5: Sharing Component State with Context and Subscription

8. Part 3: Library Implementations and Their Uses

9. Chapter 6: Introducing Global State Libraries

10. Chapter 7: Use Case Scenario 1 – Zustand

11. Chapter 8: Use Case Scenario 2 – Jotai

12. Chapter 9: Use Case Scenario 3 – Valtio

13. Chapter 10: Use Case Scenario 4 – React Tracked

14. Chapter 11: Similarities and Differences between Three Global State Libraries

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Chapter 2: Using Local and Global States

React components form a tree structure. In the tree structure, creating a state in a whole subtree is straightforward; you would simply create a local state in a higher component in a tree and use the state in the component and its child components. This is good in terms of locality and reusability and is why it's generally recommended to follow this strategy.

However, in some scenarios, we have a state in two or more components that are far apart in the tree. In such cases, this is where global states come in. Unlike local states, global states do not conceptually belong to a specific component, and so where we store a global state is an important point to consider.

In this chapter, we will learn about local states, including some lifting-up patterns that may be worth considering. Lifting up is a technique to put information higher in the component tree. Then, we will dive into global states and consider when to use them.

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