How to Connect Redux with React Components

Redux is a popular state management library used to manage the state of JavaScript applications. When paired with React, it provides a predictable way to manage application state, making your codebase easier to debug and scale. This guide will walk you through the process of connecting Redux with React components, step by step.

Step 1: Install Redux and React-Redux

To use Redux with React, you need to install the redux and react-redux packages. You can do this by running the following command in your project directory:

npm install redux react-redux

Step 2: Create a Redux Store

The Redux store is where the application’s state lives. To create a store, you need a reducer function. Let’s create a simple reducer:

// src/redux/reducer.js
const initialState = {
  count: 0,
};

const counterReducer = (state = initialState, action) => {
  switch (action.type) {
    case 'INCREMENT':
      return { ...state, count: state.count + 1 };
    case 'DECREMENT':
      return { ...state, count: state.count - 1 };
    default:
      return state;
  }
};

export default counterReducer;

Now, create the Redux store:

// src/redux/store.js
import { createStore } from…