I'm building a React app and considering using Redux for state management. However, I'm struggling with how to structure actions and reducers effectively. Can someone guide me through best practices for setting up Redux in a clean and maintainable way?
Start by breaking your state into small, manageable parts. Actions are payloads of information that send data from your application to your Redux store. For example:
const setUser = (user) => ({
type: 'SET_USER',
payload: user,
});
Your reducer handles the changes to the state based on the action type:
const userReducer = (state = {}, action) => {
switch (action.type) {
case 'SET_USER':
return { ...state, user: action.payload };
default:
return state;
}
};
Make sure to structure your state in a way that’s scalable and modular. Use combineReducers to combine smaller reducers into a root reducer and leverage useDispatch and useSelector from react-redux in your components.