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 first a little bit of context :

• State Management with React Hooks — No Redux or Context API
• What do Hooks mean for popular APIs like Redux connect() and React Router?
• redux-react-hook

A lot of people (React's team included) seens to think that redux and similars will just going to adapt to the new API, turning the HOC's approach obsolete, but my question is:

With custom hooks, use reducer, and a well thought logic why do I need Redux at all? I mean, isn't just more performatic to dispatch your actions to a single reducer? I've found a lot of material about it, but none of those seems to have a definitive answer (maybe because there aren't one?), so I would like to know what do you think about Redux's future?

Answer 1

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.

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

In my experience, developers tend to abuse Redux. In most cases you won't need Redux, most of the things can be achieved with Context/Render props/Hooks. When asking a question "do I need redux here?", first ask "can it be done without redux?".

Redux is a great tool, but only when you actually need it.