State Management
Noun · Development
Definitions
The set of patterns and tools used to create, read, update, and synchronize application state across components or services. In frontend frameworks this typically involves deciding whether state lives locally in a component, in a shared store, on the server, or in the URL.
In plain English: How an application keeps track of all its data and makes sure every part of the app sees the same, up-to-date information.
Example: "State management was simple until we needed offline mode — now we're syncing local, server, and IndexedDB state."