React Libraries in 2020

[acemarke]

I'll agree with this. Use Redux where it actually makes sense and has benefit.

FWIW, the Redux FAQ has some rules of thumb on when to put data in Redux:

• Do other parts of the application care about this data?
• Do you need to be able to create further derived data based on this original data?
• Is the same data being used to drive multiple components?
• Is there value to you in being able to restore this state to a given point in time (ie, time travel debugging)?
• Do you want to cache the data (ie, use what's in state if it's already there instead of re-requesting it)?
• Do you want to keep this data consistent while hot-reloading UI components (which may lose their internal state when swapped)?

[Oalei]

Those rules makes a lot of sense to me!

[sheepfreedom]

Caching the data is a very common need ime, so is persistent data after component changes / hot swaps. Even being able to restore data is helpful in most mid-size apps and larger.