Redux Glossary

Browse 6 redux terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

6 Redux Terms

Action: Action in software development refers to a discrete operation or event that triggers a state change or side effect within an application. In the Redux state...
Redux Saga: A Redux middleware library that uses ES6 generator functions to manage complex side effects — such as API calls, retries, and race conditions — as declarative,...
Redux Thunk: A Redux middleware that allows action creators to return functions (thunks) instead of plain action objects, giving them access to dispatch and getState so...
State Container: An object or module that holds the entire application state in a single, centralized location, exposes it through a read-only interface, and enforces changes...
State Reducer: A pure function that takes the current state and an action object, then returns a new state without mutating the original. Reducers are the core update...
Thunk: A function that wraps an expression to delay its evaluation until the result is actually needed. In Redux, a thunk is an action creator that returns a function...