#state management

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Managing the state of a browser-based JS application is tough — but it doesn’t have to. With tips and workarounds from our speakers’ tutorials and courses on JavaScript state management, you’ll find that even the most tedious tasks can be easy if you follow a few simple principles to avoid the most common pitfalls.
React Day Berlin 2022React Day Berlin 2022
22 min
Jotai Atoms Are Just Functions
Jotai is a state management library. We have been developing it primarily for React, but it's conceptually not tied to React. It this talk, we will see how Jotai atoms work and learn about the mental model we should have. Atoms are framework-agnostic abstraction to represent states, and they are basically just functions. Understanding the atom abstraction will help designing and implementing states in your applications with Jotai
React Advanced Conference 2022React Advanced Conference 2022
30 min
Using useEffect Effectively
Can useEffect affect your codebase negatively? From fetching data to fighting with imperative APIs, side effects are one of the biggest sources of frustration in web app development. And let’s be honest, putting everything in useEffect hooks doesn’t help much. In this talk, we'll demystify the useEffect hook and get a better understanding of when (and when not) to use it, as well as discover how declarative effects can make effect management more maintainable in even the most complex React apps.
JSNation 2022JSNation 2022
27 min
Announcing Starbeam: Universal Reactivity
Starbeam is a library for building reactive data systems that integrate natively with UI frameworks such as React, Vue, Svelte or Ember. In this talk, Yehuda will announce Starbeam. He will cover the motivation for the library, and then get into the details of how Starbeam reactivity works, and most importantly, how you can use it to build reactive libraries today that will work natively in any UI framework. If you're really adventurous, he will also talk about how you could use Starbeam in an existing app using your framework of choice and talk about the benefits of using Starbeam as the state management system in your application.
Vue.js London Live 2021Vue.js London Live 2021
34 min
Everything Beyond State Management in Stores with Pinia
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When we think about Vuex, Pinia, or stores in general we often think about state management and the Flux patterns but not only do stores not always follow the Flux pattern, there is so much more about stores that make them worth using! Plugins, Devtools, server-side rendering, TypeScript integrations... Let's dive into everything beyond state management with Pinia with practical examples about plugins and Devtools to get the most out of your stores.
React Summit Remote Edition 2020React Summit Remote Edition 2020
30 min
React Query: It’s Time to Break up with your "Global State”!
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An increasing amount of data in our React applications is coming from remote and asynchronous sources and, even worse, continues to masquerade as "global state". In this talk, you'll get the lowdown on why most of your "global state" isn't really state at all and how React Query can help you fetch, cache and manage your asynchronous data with a fraction of the effort and code that you're used to.
React Day Berlin 2023React Day Berlin 2023
12 min
Local-first Apps with ElectricSQL and React
Local-first is a new paradigm for developing apps with instant reactivity, realtime multi-user and conflict-free offline built in. This talk shows how to develop local-first systems with React using ElectricSQL, a open source software platform from the inventors of CRDTs.
React Summit US 2023React Summit US 2023
23 min
Taming the State Management Dragon
We spend a lot of time discussing which state library we should use, and fair. There are quite a few, from the common one everyone uses and loves to hate on, to that one quirky alternative, to several up and comers. However, discussing which library is best puts the cart before the horse.

When figuring out how to handle state, we should first ask ourselves: what different categories of state do we need? What are the constraints of each category? How do they relate to each other? How do they relate to the outside world? How do we keep them from becoming a giant, brittle ball of yarn? And more.

This might sound overwhelming, but never fear! In this talk, I'll walk you through how to answer these questions, and how craft an approachable, maintainable, and scalable state system. And yes, I will talk about how to pick a state management library too.
React Summit US 2023React Summit US 2023
10 min
React State Management with Valtio
In this talk, we will explore how Valtio can simplify your React state management by providing a minimalist and performant solution. We will cover the basics of Valtio, including how to create and update a store and how to access and modify the store from your components. We will also dive into some advanced Valtio features, such as subscribing to changes in the store, andusing memoization to optimize your components' performanc. By the end of this talk, you will have a solid understanding of how Valtio can make your state management more efficient and effective, allowing you to create scalable and maintainable applications.
React Summit US 2023React Summit US 2023
5 min
Suspense for Data Fetching: How to Fetch During Render
What is suspense for data fetching in React? Why does React's model make creating network requests during render so difficult? Why does (to the presenter's knowledge) no library besides Relay support this, despite its sheer convenience?
In this talk, Robert will discuss how React renders components (especially with regards to Suspense), and how to build a data-fetching library that functions correctly in light of those behaviors. Then, with all the pieces in place, we'll use a library, @boulton/react-disposable-state, to roll our own suspense-compatible data fetching!
React Summit US 2023React Summit US 2023
7 min
Modern Redux With Redux Toolkit
Redux Toolkit 2.0 is coming Soon (TM)! Find out what's changing and why, the work that's gone into repackaging the Redux libraries, an overview of new features and breaking changes, and the latest status on the release plans.
React Advanced Conference 2023React Advanced Conference 2023
16 min
Simplifying Data Management in React With React Query
This talk is about how React Query can simplify data management in React applications. The talk covers the basics of React Query, including its features for fetching and updating data, handling optimistic updates, composing queries and mutations, and managing errors and retries. By the end of the talk, attendees will have a clear understanding of how React Query can improve the user experience and reduce boilerplate in their React applications.
React Advanced Conference 2023React Advanced Conference 2023
29 min
Jazz: Build Real-Time, Local-First React Apps With Sync & Secure Collaborative Data
Users have come to expect real-time collaboration from best-in-class apps like Notion or Figma. But widely available tools and infrastructure for building multiplayer apps are only just emerging. In this talk, we’ll explore the open-source framework Jazz and the two new ideas powering it: Conflict-free Replicated Data Types (CRDTs) and verifiable permissions. By building a whole app with nothing but React and Jazz, we’ll see how this new approach radically simplifies building not only real-time multiplayer apps, but any kind of app in which users interact.
React Advanced Conference 2023React Advanced Conference 2023
32 min
The State of The State In The App Router
NextJS 13.4 changed the game with the App Router and React Server components. The change to the state management model looks simple to start, but gets complex very quickly as you try to create the practical every-day user experiences that were straightforward in the pages model. We'll talk about the different state management models, how they work in the App Router, and how to decide which you should use.
React Summit 2023React Summit 2023
22 min
Thinking in React Query
In this talk, I'll explain React Query from a different perspective. After having maintained React Query for over two years and having answered many questions (often the same ones multiple times), I feel like there might be a fundamental understanding missing about the lib. I'll start with a quick introduction about my journey into open source and how I got to know React Query, followed by showing which mindset change is beneficial when working with React Query - how to "think in React Query". I'll have 3 major takeaways: 1) React Query is not a data fetching library It's an async state manager, we'll quickly talk about what makes a state manager, why React Query is one and what "async state" means. 2) staleTime is your best friend I've seen a bit of confusion about how to use React Query as a state manager, so I'll explain why setting staleTime is mostly all you need 3) parameters are dependencies This is important to understand to show the boundaries between client state and server state, and is essential when doing state management with React Query I will then end with a note on "separation of concerns" and about the tradeoffs of just calling `useQuery` wherever you need it in your component tree.
React Summit 2022React Summit 2022
21 min
Stop Abusing Client State Management
A lot of React applications out there run for state management solutions such as Redux or Mobx and use it mostly for server side state like 'isLoading', 'isError', etc. We need to stop mixing between server state and client state. Don't get me wrong, client state is important, but 70% of the state is actually a server state. In this talk I will demonstrate how we can encapsulate server state using our own custom hook or using a (perfect) solution such as react-query.
React Advanced Conference 2021React Advanced Conference 2021
10 min
Efficient State Management With Hookstate
If you’ve worked with the React useState hook before, you might have wondered why global state management can’t be just as easy. Why do we still need so much boilerplate to manage state with the Context API? What if we don’t want to be constrained opinionated tools like Redux Toolkit or forced to use actions and reducers in our React applications? This is where Hookstate comes in. Hookstate is not just another state management solution. Apart from being feature-rich, fast, and flexible, the library takes the idea of simplifying state management in React apps to a whole new level. In this talk, I’ll introduce Hookstate as a simple and efficient state management solution for React applications.
React Advanced Conference 2021React Advanced Conference 2021
24 min
Reusing App State in React Native with Recoil
A group of volunteers all over the world is working on React and React Native apps for the ADHD America program (non-for profit organization). In our work we use Recoil - quite a new React state management tool that looks quite promising. I'll show how we use it in both apps - for web and for mobile and explain why we decided to try it.
React Advanced Conference 2021React Advanced Conference 2021
20 min
setState, We Need to Talk!
One of the biggest pain points when developing an app is the tricky business of managing state, race conditions, etc. Finite state machines can help eliminate such bugs entirely while providing a welcome, structured way to build components. Looks cool? Let’s build one, it’s even cooler!
Vue.js London Live 2021Vue.js London Live 2021
22 min
Modern State Management with Vue 3
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The Vue 3 Reactivity and Composition API offers developers flexible techniques to work with reactive data. They enable a new and modern approach to handling State Management. Developers can now effortlessly implement local and global stores. Vuex has been one of the most used First-party plugins for Vue 2. Let's have a look at the advantages and tradeoffs of using Composables instead of Vuex.
React Finland 2021React Finland 2021
18 min
Introducing state machines and statecharts
State machines and statecharts can seem intimidating. Especially if you (like me!) didn’t study computer science, aren’t big into maths, or just haven’t come across state machines and statecharts before.
In this session, you’ll get a whirlwind introduction to state machines and statecharts, no prior knowledge and no coding experience required. Are you already familiar with state machines and statecharts but want to get a better understanding of the benefits and how to convince your team to get onboard? That’ll be covered too.
You could be a developer, designer, project manager, multi-disciplinarian or fancy specialist, I believe everyone can get something out of this talk, so join me!
React Finland 2021React Finland 2021
18 min
The State of XState
Over the past few years, state machines, statecharts, and the actor model have proven to be viable concepts for building complex application logic in a clear, visual way with XState. In this talk, we'll take a peek into the future of XState, including new features in the next version, and new tools and services that will make it even easier to create and collaborate on state machines.