It helps you write applications that behave consistently, run in different environments (client, server, and native), and are easy to test. On top of that, it provides a great developer experience, such as live code editing combined with a time traveling debugger.
You can use Redux together with React, or with any other view library.
It is tiny (2kB) and has no dependencies.
You can learn how to use it with creator: https://egghead.io/series/getting-started-with-redux
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