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Redux vs. MobX
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Mobx

Abstract: Observables are a powerful new data type

Demo: Click Here

Pros

  • Write less code; do more.
  • MobX is FAST. (Author explanation), (benchmarks)
  • The speed kind of just works out of the box.
  • Small API that is easy to learn
  • Can actually replace React's state system as MobX is faster a lot of the time.

Cons

  • Developer cost of learning a new technology
  • Observables/decorators, today, are transpiled ES7
  • Decorators are kind of automagical in that a lot of the complexity is hidden from the developer.

 

Redux

Abstract: Stateless functions. That's it.

demo: Click Here

Pros

  • Just plain Javascript
  • Crazy successful adoption and the backing of (and subsequent author hire by) Facebook means huge developer ecosystem with lots of plugins/forks/etc
  • Easy to test

Cons

  • Lots of boilerplate code just to get going
  • Verbose code just overall - and in many different places
  • While easier to test, hard(er) to reason about (imo)
  • CAN be more-or-less just as fast as MobX, but getting to that speed takes some doin and moderate knowledge. (link)

 

Helpful Links:

  1. The Introduction to FRP You've Been Missing

  2. Introduction to Mobx

  3. Why Formidable Labs Chose Mobx

  4. Learning React Redux

  5. MobX Examples

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