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Global state with Zustand

Global state with Zustand

Welcome to this session on Global State with ZooStand. If you've ever found yourself passing props down through many layers of components, a problem known as prop drilling, then you know how cumbersome state management can become in a growing React application. ZooStand is a small, fast, and unopinionated state management library that makes global state feel almost like local state. It lets you create a central store with minimal boilerplate. No providers or reducers needed. Key features include selective re-rendering, a tiny bundle size and a simple API. In this session, we'll build a global counter to show how separate components can share and update state effortlessly using actions like increment, decrement, and reset. By the end, you'll know how to define state, actions, and connect components to a single source of truth. Why would we need Zustand if React already has UseState and the Context API? UseState works well for local state but doesn't persist across components. Invest…

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