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React JS - state management


I have been learning React recently, I tried to build a small web-app for learning React. I have doubt regarding the state management.

I am not using anying library for state management now and also I am not using any DB. I want to understand which is best way to maintain state.

// index.js 
...
<Routes>
    <Route exact path="/" element={<App/>}></Route>
    <Route exact path="/cart" element={<Cart/>}></Route>
</Routes>
...

// App.js
function App() {
    ...
    // fetch Product data -> productData
    // update Cart data -> cartData
    <Product data={productData} {updateCart} />
    ...
}

// Cart.js
function Cart() {
    ...
    <Cart data={cartData} />
    ...
}

Consider on the above snippet.

I have two page

Product page

Cart Page

I am fetching the data in Product page and when the product is added to the cart then I will update 'cardData'. Now I want to use the 'cartData' in the Cart page.

What is the best way to achieve it ? I thought about storing it in cache. If there is DB we can store it.


Solution

  • Typically you'd use a wrapper to manage state and API calls. But if you have multiple pages that need access to the same state then look into react useContext which is essentially a way of creating a global state.