Will hooks overthrown redux?

Question

I\'ve been searching for a while about React\'s hooks now, and one question became persistent in my head. Will hooks overthrown redux? This is a fairly old discussion so fir

Answer 1

More than a year has passed since this question was posted.

I want to add that in my opinion Redux has lost some relevance...

2 players in my opinion have stolen a big share of Redux's position in the React market:

1. People have learned how to combine useReducer with useContext to implement a much simpler solution and without third party dependencies. With the advantage that the React team is behind it; which means we will get constant improvements tightly integrated with the React framework.

2. MobX has been growing it's user base. Mainly because it provides an observer pattern which requires much less boiler plate code than Redux. (This could be debated).

So even though Redux remains widely used for React projects I foresee this will be gradually reduced overtime... - no pun intended... well may be a little bit ;) -

Specially for green field development!

Answer 2

It's really hard to say at this time. The redux team is actively updating the product to include some nice features. However, one of the creators of redux (https://github.com/acdlite) seems to be on a path to destroy his old applications in favour of new features in react.

That being said, Redux is a tested and known library that a lot of people are comfortable with. I do not believe it a bad idea to start a new project with redux Today, tomorrow, or in a year. Tech does not die overnight. if it serves a purpose it's going to live on.

However, I do think context and hooks are a great alternative to redux, but the community simply does not know how to use it yet.

Answer 3

Nope, definitely not.

I addressed this in my Reactathon 2019 talk on "The State of Redux".

Summarizing: hooks mostly offer ways to do the same kinds of things you could already do, like local component state and avoiding prop-drilling via context. If that's all you were using Redux for, then you probably didn't need Redux in the first place. But, hooks have their limitations, and there's lots of additional use cases for choosing Redux.

Also, note that we are currently working on designing a public useRedux()-type hooks API for React-Redux.