React Simple Redux

A minimal implementation of react-redux using React Context API. The API completely follows how react-redux works.

To migrate your project from react-redux to react-simple-redux or the other way around, You only need to change the configuration of Provider. Rest of your code will still work.

Why

• You are building a component in a big project that uses react-redux and you don't want to pollute the global store before your component is really ready.
• Your project is too small to use full-blown redux, but it's complex enough to have state management in it.
• You need to publish a React component, but you cannot avoid props-drilling in your component.
• You don't want to put the Provider at the top level for some reason.

Usage

npm i react-simple-redux
// or
yarn add react-simple-redux

First, create a separate file store.js to instantiate the components. And then plug these components into your app.

import createStore from "react-simple-redux";
import reducer from "./path/to/reducer";
 
const { Provider, Consumer, connect } = createStore(reducer);
 
export { Provider, Consumer, connect };

Wrap your component with Provider. It doesn't have to be the direct parent, nor at the top level of your app.

Let's say you want to connect UserProfile to store, insert Provider like this.

import { Provider } from './store';
 
const initialState = { firstName: 'Jon', lastName: 'Snow', email: '[e-mail]' }
 
<Dashboard>
    <Provider initialState={initialState} >
        <Header>
            <UserProfile />
        </Header>
    </Provider>
</Dashboard>
 

// reducer.js
 
const SET_USERNAME = 'action/set_username';
 
export default function reducer(state, action){
    const { type, payload } = action;
 
    // To log all the actions
    // console.log(type, payload);
 
    switch(type){
        case SET_USERNAME: {
            const { firstName, lastName } = payload;
            return {...state, firstName, lastName};
        }
        default: {
            return state;
        }
    }
}
 
// Action creator
export const setUsernameAction = ({ firstName, lastName }) => ({
    type: SET_USERNAME,
    payload: { firstName, lastName }
});
 

Finally, define how data and dispatchers should work in your child component. Note: you need to wrap your component with React.memo. It is necessary to prevent unnecessary re-render caused by state updates.

// UserProfile.jsx
 
import { connect } from './path/to/store';
import { setUsernameAction } from './path/to/your/reducer';
 
const UserProfile = ({ username, email, setUsername }) => {
    return (
        <div>
            <div>
                <div>User Name: {username}</div>
                <div>Email: {email}</div>
            </div>
            <button onClick={() => setUsername({firstName: 'Kit', lastName: 'Harington'})}>
                Rename to Kit Harington
            </button>
        </div>
    )
}
 
const mapStateToProps = state => {
    const { firstName, lastName } = state;
    return { username: firstName + ' ' + lastName }
}
 
const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => ({
    setUsername: newName => dispatch(setUsernameAction(newName)),
})
 
export default connect(
    mapStateToProps,
    mapDispatchToProps
)(React.memo(UserProfile)); // use React.memo here
 

For more extensive documentation, plase check react-redux.

If there is any inconsistent usage with react-redux, please file an issue.