Speaking as someone already familiar with Redux, React Context seems to be conceptually similar to how I already use Redux in practice (+/- expressing the store and connections as components). Can anyone with better familiarity enumerate the important differences this new API comes with?
"If you're only using Redux to avoid passing down props, context could replace Redux - but then you probably didn't need Redux in the first place. Context also doesn't give you anything like the Redux DevTools, the ability to trace your state updates, middleware to add centralized application logic, and other powerful capabilities that Redux enables."
People start their projects with Redux without knowing if they'll actually need it.
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