Gain insights into Redux fundamentals, explore application-based problems, and discover how to effectively manage state in React environments with this beginner's guide to state management.

This course is a beginner's gateway into the mechanics of using Redux as an application building platform. It takes a bottom-up approach, enforcing the basic aspects of Redux before incorporating them together in a creative and interactive way. It begins with a short theoretical section before moving on to application based problems. 
The course does assume that the user has a basic idea of how React works, as Redux works in the React environment. Let's dive in!

Understanding Redux: A Beginner's Guide To State Management

For a supposedly simple application, this chapter was longer than you probably anticipated. But that’s fine. You’re now equipped with even greater knowledge on how Redux works.

Here are a few things you learned in this chapter:

- Unlike **setState()** in pure React, the only way you update the state of a Redux application is by dispatching an action.

- An action is accurately described with a plain Javascript object, but it must have a **type** field.

- In a Redux app, every action flows through the reducer. All of them.

- By using a **switch** statement, you can handle different action types within your Reducer.

- Action Creators are simply functions that return action objects.

- It is a common practice to have the major actors of a redux app live within their own folder/directory.

- You should not mutate the state received in your Reducer. Instead, you should always return a new copy of the state.

- To subscribe to store updates, use the **store.subscribe()** method.


This chapter was slightly longer. Below we have some of the fundamental topics that we covered. 

Conclusion and Summary

This chapter was slightly longer. Below we have some of the fundamental topics that we covered.

Getting to know Redux (Theory)

Your First Redux Application

Understanding State Updates with Actions

Building Skypey: A More Advanced Example

Building Skypey: Designing the State Object

Building Skypey: The User Component

Building Skypey: The Empty Screen

Building Skypey: The Chat Window

Building Skypey: Header and Chat Window

Building Skypey: Messaging

The Skypey App

Conclusion and Summary