State Based Persistence vs Immutable Data Structures
Developers should learn and use State Based Persistence when building applications that require data retention across user sessions, such as e-commerce sites saving shopping carts, note-taking apps preserving drafts, or games storing progress meets developers should learn immutable data structures when building applications that require predictable state, such as in react for ui updates, redux for state management, or concurrent systems to avoid race conditions. Here's our take.
State Based Persistence
Developers should learn and use State Based Persistence when building applications that require data retention across user sessions, such as e-commerce sites saving shopping carts, note-taking apps preserving drafts, or games storing progress
State Based Persistence
Nice PickDevelopers should learn and use State Based Persistence when building applications that require data retention across user sessions, such as e-commerce sites saving shopping carts, note-taking apps preserving drafts, or games storing progress
Pros
- +It's particularly useful for improving usability by reducing data loss on page reloads or app restarts, and in scenarios where quick state restoration is needed, like in single-page applications (SPAs) or offline-capable apps
- +Related to: local-storage, redux-persist
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
Immutable Data Structures
Developers should learn immutable data structures when building applications that require predictable state, such as in React for UI updates, Redux for state management, or concurrent systems to avoid race conditions
Pros
- +They are essential in functional programming paradigms to enable pure functions and are valuable in debugging and testing due to their deterministic behavior
- +Related to: functional-programming, react
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
Use State Based Persistence if: You want it's particularly useful for improving usability by reducing data loss on page reloads or app restarts, and in scenarios where quick state restoration is needed, like in single-page applications (spas) or offline-capable apps and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use Immutable Data Structures if: You prioritize they are essential in functional programming paradigms to enable pure functions and are valuable in debugging and testing due to their deterministic behavior over what State Based Persistence offers.
Developers should learn and use State Based Persistence when building applications that require data retention across user sessions, such as e-commerce sites saving shopping carts, note-taking apps preserving drafts, or games storing progress
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