Does Context Api Replace Redux?

Context API prompts a re-render on each update of the state and re-renders all components regardless. Redux however, only re-renders the updated components.

Can we replace Redux with Context API?

But now it's possible to replace Redux with React Hooks and the Context API. In this tutorial, you're going to learn a new way of handling state in your React projects, without writing excessive code or installing a bunch of libraries — as is the case with Redux.

Does React Redux use Context API?

React-Redux allows any React component in the application to talk to the Redux store. This is only possible because React-Redux uses Context internally.

Sarah Jenkins

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