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Published inOct 2019
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Daniel Bugl
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Daniel Bugl is a CEO, Software Architect and Full Stack Developer for his company TouchLay, developing a platform for interactive presentations. He also consults large multinational enterprises on the development and integration of React frontends with various backend systems, including the integration of legacy systems, and helps out with the setup and development of such projects. He has a bachelor's degree in business informatics and a master's degree in data science.
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Reducer Hooks versus State Hooks

In the previous chapter, we learned about dealing with local and global states. We used State Hooks for both cases, which is fine for simple state changes. However, when our state logic becomes more complicated, we are going to need to ensure that we keep the state consistent. In order to do so, we should use a Reducer Hook instead of multiple State Hooks, because it is harder to maintain synchronicity between multiple State Hooks that depend on each other. As an alternative, we could keep all state in one State Hook, but then we have to make sure that we do not accidentally overwrite parts of our state.

Problems with the State Hook

The State Hook already supports passing complex objects and...

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Daniel Bugl is a CEO, Software Architect and Full Stack Developer for his company TouchLay, developing a platform for interactive presentations. He also consults large multinational enterprises on the development and integration of React frontends with various backend systems, including the integration of legacy systems, and helps out with the setup and development of such projects. He has a bachelor's degree in business informatics and a master's degree in data science.
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