redux-thunk

1. What is redux-thunk used for?

Redux Thunk is a middleware that lets you call action creators that return a function instead of an action object. That function receives the store’s dispatch method, which is then used to dispatch regular synchronous actions inside the function’s body once the asynchronous operations have been completed.

2. Is redux-thunk necessary?

A very common pattern in Redux is to use things called a Thunks, which are a way of wrapping up certain logic of a subroutine in a single function.

3. Why is redux-thunk better than redux?

Redux Saga. In thunk, action creator does not return an object, it returns a function, In the saga, it allows you to send action normally. but it has a watcher. whenever a particular action gets dispatched, the watcher catches it.

4. What is redux saga thunk?

Redux Thunk is a middleware that allows you to call the action creators that return a function(thunk) which takes the store’s dispatch method as the argument and which is afterwards used to dispatch the synchronous action after the API or side effects has been finished.

5. How do you use thunk?

1. Install dependencies. Run both servers and leave them doing their stuff.
2. Set up middleware.
3. Set up action creators.
4. Create a thunk for loading.
5. Load data from the server.
6. Dispatch the thunk.
7. Add photos on success.
8. Set up the UI.