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Stack Overflow: Dispatching Redux Actions with a Timeout
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35411423/how-to-dispatch-a-redux-action-with-a-timeout/35415559#35415559
Dan Abramov explains the basics of managing async behavior in Redux, walking through a progressive series of approaches (inline async calls, async action creators, thunk middleware). -
Stack Overflow: Why do we need middleware for async flow in Redux?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34570758/why-do-we-need-middleware-for-async-flow-in-redux/34599594#34599594
Dan Abramov gives reasons for using thunks and async middleware, and some useful patterns for using thunks. -
Pure Functionality and Side Effects with Redux
https://blog.hivejs.org/building-the-ui-2/
An overview of what side effects are, how they fit into Redux, and several approaches for managing them. -
"Async Redux workflow: calling actions outside Redux?"
https://www.reddit.com/r/reactjs/comments/4upe9t/async_redux_workflow_calling_actions_outside_redux/d5sgy5s?context=3
A comment explaining why using action creator functions is a good practice -
Why doesn't Redux support AJAX out of the box?
http://goshakkk.name/redux-no-ajax-by-default/
Looks at how AJAX calls fit into a Redux application -
Adding Customized Asynchrony to Redux
https://anyperk.engineering/im-lauren-and-i-m-a-frontend-apprentice-here-at-anyperk-a1a40106d231
A quick introduction to some of the libraries that can be used to manage asynchronous behavior in Redux. -
A Dummy's Guide to Redux and Thunk in React
https://medium.com/@stowball/a-dummys-guide-to-redux-and-thunk-in-react-d8904a7005d3
A tutorial that shows how to take a React component that does its own data fetching, and rework it to use accept data from Redux and use a thunk action creator instead. -
What the heck is a "thunk"?
https://daveceddia.com/what-is-a-thunk/
A quick explanation for what the word "thunk" means in general, and for Redux specifically..
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Master Complex Redux Workflows with Sagas
http://konkle.us/master-complex-redux-workflows-with-sagas/
Describes what sagas are, how Redux-Saga uses generators to run sagas, some potential concerns, and how to use them. -
Stack Overflow: Why do we need middleware for async flux in Redux?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34570758/why-do-we-need-middleware-for-async-flow-in-redux/34623840#34623840
A comparison of imperative thunks vs declarative sagas, and some of the benefits that sagas can provide for testing and decoupling of logic. -
Managing Side Effects in React + Redux using Sagas
http://jaysoo.ca/2016/01/03/managing-processes-in-redux-using-sagas/
Demonstrates various ways to implement a Timer app as a state machine, including using sagas to manage the periodic updates. -
Persist Redux State By Using Sagas
http://engineering.invisionapp.com/post/persist-redux-state-by-using-sagas/
A very well-written set of examples showing how to use sagas to implement some complex store persistence logic. -
Handling async in Redux with Sagas
http://wecodetheweb.com/2016/10/01/handling-async-in-redux-with-sagas/
Covers the basic concepts and syntax of sagas, and how they can improve testability. (Updated version of a 2015 post, covering the latest version of redux-saga.) -
Redux Saga conceptual diagram
https://twitter.com/kuy/status/731484272234663937
A useful diagram illustrating the various things a saga can do -
"Redux Sagas benefits?"
https://www.reddit.com/r/reactjs/comments/4ng8rr/redux_sagas_benefits/
Discussion of when and why you might want to use sagas, with some great examples in the comments. -
Manage Side Effects Efficiently with Redux Saga
https://youtu.be/QJVdcIlqGwc
A presentation describing the concepts of generators and sagas. -
Redux Saga conceptual diagram
https://qiita-image-store.s3.amazonaws.com/0/69860/8cc1a873-c675-9009-570d-9684da4a704f.png
A nifty diagram from @kuy illustrating the general interaction of Redux Saga's async flow operators -
Async Operations using Redux-Saga
https://medium.com/@andresmijares25/async-operations-using-redux-saga-2ba02ae077b3
An example of using Redux-Saga to coordinate multiple async calls based on another article's flight data scenario. -
Should I use redux-saga or not?
https://speakerdeck.com/kuy/should-i-use-redux-saga-or-not
A presentation from Yuki Kodama, comparing side effect approaches. In Japanese, but still has a number of useful diagrams that can be understood by English speakers. -
Interview with Redux-Saga Author Yassine Eloaufi
http://survivejs.com/blog/redux-saga-interview/
An interview with the author of Redux-Saga, where he describes some of its concepts and history -
Lazy registration with Redux and Sagas
http://goshakkk.name/lazy-auth-redux-saga-flow/
Examples of using Redux-Saga to implement an async series of user interactions. -
A Saga that led Xero to Redux
https://devblog.xero.com/a-saga-that-led-xero-to-redux-aa1361b9a800
Examples of how Xero's async logic for their dashboard evolved over team, from nested callbacks to promises to Redux with sagas
- Epic Middleware in Redux
https://medium.com/@kevinsalter/epic-middleware-in-redux-e4385b6ff7c6
Discussion and examples of using Redux-Observable and RxJS to create "epics" which can transform actions.