https://juhanakristianblog.netlify.app/tags/context/ Recent content in Context on dev notes Hugo en-us Wed, 14 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://juhanakristianblog.netlify.app/posts/manage-react-state-with-the-usecontext-hook/ Wed, 14 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://juhanakristianblog.netlify.app/posts/manage-react-state-with-the-usecontext-hook/ <p><strong>DISCLAIMER</strong>: This post is based on state management ideas presented by Kent C. Dodd’s in <a href="https://kentcdodds.com/blog/application-state-management-with-react">Application state management with React</a>. If you haven&rsquo;t read it, I encourage you to do so.</p> <p>React projects have many options for managing state. While libraries like <code>redux</code> and <code>mobx</code> are a popular choice, React also has it&rsquo;s own API for managing state. The Context API is useful when you have state which is accessed in multiple places in your app and you want to avoid <a href="https://kentcdodds.com/blog/prop-drilling">prop drilling</a>.</p>