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Do React Hooks Replace Redux? TL;DR: Hooks Are Great, but No

6 points by ericelliott 7y ago

acemarke 7y ago
I frequently disagree with Eric Elliott's opinions (like claiming that TypeScript is useless, or that everyone should learn "concatenative inheritance"). That said, this article basically matches how I would describe the situation: hooks like `useContext` and `useReducer` overlap with some of the ways you'd use Redux, but overall are a different tool for different use cases. Both have their place, and there's still lots of reasons to use Redux. I've tackled this topic in a few places: - Reactathon 2019 Keynote: The State of Redux (https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2019/03/presentation-state-of-redux/ https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2019/03/presentation-state...) - Redux - Not Dead Yet! (https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2018/03/redux-not-dead-yet/ https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2018/03/redux-not-dead-yet...) - Thoughts on React Hooks, Redux, and Separation of Concerns (https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2019/07/blogged-answers-thoughts-on-hooks/ https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2019/07/blogged-answers-th...)
- WTFJavaScript 7y ago
  If you're referring to ["The TypeScript Tax"](https://medium.com/javascript-scene/the-typescript-tax-132ff4cb175b https://medium.com/javascript-scene/the-typescript-tax-132ff...), Eric never said it was useless. "Many developers love using it, and there are many aspects of the TypeScript developer experience I genuinely love." There's a whole section called "What I Love About TypeScript" and he even uses it in some of his open-source projects. What he actually says is that there is a cost to using TypeScript (an obvious fact). And most JavaScript developers use [object concatenation](https://medium.com/javascript-scene/the-hidden-treasures-of-object-composition-60cd89480381 https://medium.com/javascript-scene/the-hidden-treasures-of-...) all the time, especially with Redux. He's right - every JavaScript developer should know what it is and how to use it, even if they don't recognize it by the word "concatenation".

6 points by ericelliott 7y ago

I frequently disagree with Eric Elliott's opinions (like claiming that TypeScript is useless, or that everyone should learn "concatenative inheritance"). That said, this article basically matches how I would describe the situation: hooks like `useContext` and `useReducer` overlap with some of the ways you'd use Redux, but overall are a different tool for different use cases. Both have their place, and there's still lots of reasons to use Redux. I've tackled this topic in a few places: - Reactathon 2019 Keynote: The State of Redux (https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2019/03/presentation-state-of-redux/ https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2019/03/presentation-state...) - Redux - Not Dead Yet! (https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2018/03/redux-not-dead-yet/ https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2018/03/redux-not-dead-yet...) - Thoughts on React Hooks, Redux, and Separation of Concerns (https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2019/07/blogged-answers-thoughts-on-hooks/ https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2019/07/blogged-answers-th...)

WTFJavaScript 7y ago
If you're referring to ["The TypeScript Tax"](https://medium.com/javascript-scene/the-typescript-tax-132ff4cb175b https://medium.com/javascript-scene/the-typescript-tax-132ff...), Eric never said it was useless. "Many developers love using it, and there are many aspects of the TypeScript developer experience I genuinely love." There's a whole section called "What I Love About TypeScript" and he even uses it in some of his open-source projects. What he actually says is that there is a cost to using TypeScript (an obvious fact). And most JavaScript developers use [object concatenation](https://medium.com/javascript-scene/the-hidden-treasures-of-object-composition-60cd89480381 https://medium.com/javascript-scene/the-hidden-treasures-of-...) all the time, especially with Redux. He's right - every JavaScript developer should know what it is and how to use it, even if they don't recognize it by the word "concatenation".