Unlock the Power of State Management with Rematch
In the fast-paced world of frontend development, managing state is crucial for building robust and scalable applications. With numerous libraries available, it can be overwhelming to choose the right one. That’s where Rematch comes in – a state management library that simplifies the process, making it easier to get started.
What is Rematch?
Rematch is built on top of Redux, offering a more streamlined approach to state management. It eliminates the need for complex configurations, boilerplates, and additional libraries like Redux Thunk. With Rematch, you can focus on building your application without worrying about the underlying state management complexities.
Key Features of Rematch
Rematch offers several notable features that make it an attractive choice for frontend developers:
- Easy Migration: Built on Redux, Rematch allows for seamless migration and code interoperability.
- Simplified Configuration: No need for complex configurations, boilerplates, or additional libraries.
- Built-in Side Effects: Supports native JavaScript async/await for calling external APIs.
- Custom Plugins: Exposes an API interface for creating custom plugins to extend its functionalities.
- TypeScript Support: Written in TypeScript, Rematch provides autocomplete for all methods, state, and reducers.
- Framework Agnostic: Works seamlessly with React, Vue, Angular, and more.
Getting Started with Rematch
To demonstrate the power of Rematch, let’s build a simple to-do application. First, install a new React app template and then install Rematch and React Redux.
Defining Models
In Rematch, models bring together state, reducers, and async actions in one place. They provide a snapshot of your Redux store and how it changes. To create a model for our to-do app, we need to define the initial state, reducers, and async actions.
Initializing the Store
By calling the init() method, you can build a fully configured Redux store with additional Rematch functionality. The store created has all the capabilities of a Redux store, including dispatch() and subscribe() methods.
Dispatching Actions
You can trigger reducers and effects in your models using dispatch, just like plain Redux. You can call dispatch directly or with the dispatch[model][action](payload) shorthand, allowing you to standardize your actions without writing action types or action creators.
Building the To-Do App
Let’s create two components, one for displaying to-do items and the other for creating to-do items. We’ll use the useSelector Hook from React Redux to access the store and display the to-do items. We’ll also use the useDispatch Hook to dispatch actions to create and delete to-do items.
Conclusion
Rematch simplifies state management, making it easy and fast to set up a Redux store. With its minimalistic and approachable API, you can develop beautiful and robust applications, taking advantage of Redux’s established features. Try Rematch today and experience the power of simplified state management!