ReactJS by Example - Building Modern Web Applications with React

Setting up Redux

"Now, there are different things happening here to set up our store. Let's go through them, one wing:."

• mapStateToProps: We use this method to define how we are going to map the state from the Redux store to the props being sent to the components connected to listen to the store. Whenever new changes happen in the store, the components get notified and are passed to the object payload from this method.
• mapDispatchToProps: This method is used to map the Actions and pass them on the props so that they can be used from within the component.
• bindActionCreators: This is used to wrap our Actions creator (SocialActions) into dispatch calls to support calling the actions directly. This helps to call the actions and notify the store for updates, ...