Redux action
A Redux action is a JavaScript object describing an event or requested state transition for a reducer to process.
React Hooks in Action: With Suspense and Concurrent Mode
An action object is a JavaScript object representing a state-change request through properties such as type and payload.
- How it is used
- Organizes interrelated component updates into named requests dispatched to a reducer.
- How deep it goes
- Defines primitive and object actions, demonstrates type and payload, and stops short of broader state-management systems.
- Examples
- Uses counter operations, BookablesList navigation, group selection, bookable selection, and a details checkbox.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via React's useReducer by dispatching typed objects that describe component state changes.
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React Quickly, Second Edition
An action is a description of an event or requested state transition that a reducer processes.
- How it is used
- Coordinates controlled updates for complex React state through dispatch and reducers.
- How deep it goes
- Defines action objects and demonstrates type-based reducer handling, but does not develop action structure beyond basic types and named operations.
- Examples
- Uses counter increment and decrement actions plus task and step management actions.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via React's useReducer to organize counter, task, and other complex state updates.
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Related concepts
- reduction operationused by · A reduction operation combines multiple input values or partial results according to a combining rule to produce fewer results, often a single aggregate.
- payloadhas part · A payload is the data, code, or other material carried by or attached to a message, token, system, or operation.
- provider patternused by · The provider pattern is a design pattern in which a component or service makes shared data or capabilities available to descendant components or dependent consumers.
- dispatchused by · Dispatch is a function or method that sends an action to a reducer or state store to request a state transition.
- buttonused by · A button is an interactive user-interface control that can be activated to initiate an action or select an option.
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