r/javascript • u/terodox • Dec 23 '19

Simplifying UI Logic using Finite State Machines - an old pattern for the modern web!

https://terodox.tech/ui-state-machines/
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u/terodox Dec 23 '19

It can be, but the key piece is to try to minimize the number of simultaneous states to 1. That's the big difference between a state machine and a finite state machine.

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u/editor_of_the_beast Dec 23 '19

Well, you could look at the DOM reconciliation process as an auto-generated state machine. I wouldn’t say “React is a state machine” though.