Gain insights into Redux fundamentals, explore application-based problems, and discover how to effectively manage state in React environments with this beginner's guide to state management.

This course is a beginner's gateway into the mechanics of using Redux as an application building platform. It takes a bottom-up approach, enforcing the basic aspects of Redux before incorporating them together in a creative and interactive way. It begins with a short theoretical section before moving on to application based problems. 
The course does assume that the user has a basic idea of how React works, as Redux works in the React environment. Let's dive in!

Understanding Redux: A Beginner's Guide To State Management

If you figured it out on your own, you should be impressed with your grasp on Redux. 

Nevertheless, it's good to look at different ways to approach the problem. This is how I did it. 

The first step in doing something new is always creating a new action. In the `constants/action-types.js`, we'll add our "DELETE_CONTACT" string. Again, this optional, but a safe practice:



Our objective was to delete a contact. Let's see how we can delete a contact.

Getting to know Redux (Theory)

Your First Redux Application

Understanding State Updates with Actions

Building Skypey: A More Advanced Example

Building Skypey: Designing the State Object

Building Skypey: The User Component

Building Skypey: The Empty Screen

Building Skypey: The Chat Window

Building Skypey: Header and Chat Window

Building Skypey: Messaging

The Skypey App

Exercise Solution