Dealing with local state in react and redux

Question

Is it OK to store local state in the state object when using react together with redux? Storing everything in the state tree via actions quickly becomes tedious. It

Answer 1

This is now answered in the redux FAQs:

There is no “right” answer for this. Some users prefer to keep every single piece of data in Redux, to maintain a fully serializable and controlled version of their application at all times. Others prefer to keep non-critical or UI state, such as “is this dropdown currently open”, inside a component's internal state.

Using local component state is fine. As a developer, it is your job to determine what kinds of state make up your application, and where each piece of state should live. Find a balance that works for you, and go with it.