signals-react
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signals-react
signals-react
is a React hook library designed to offer a reactive state management solution inspired by signal mechanisms, but tailored specifically for React applications. By leveraging the rxjs
observables, it introduces a robust and adaptable approach to managing state changes within components. This library enables developers to create signals, compute derived signals, and manage side effects seamlessly.
Installation
To integrate signals-react
into your project, install it through npm by executing:
npm install signals-react
Usage
Begin by importing createSignal
from signals-react
to initiate signal creation and management in your React app.
Creating a Signal
import { createSignal } from 'signals-react';
const countSignal = createSignal(0);
// Initializes a global signal with an initial value of 0.
const CounterComponent = () => {
const value = countSignal.useValue();
// Subscribes to signal changes, rerendering the component accordingly.
return (
<div>
<p>Current count: {value}</p>
<button onClick={() => {
countSignal.setValue((prev) => prev + 1)
}}>Increment</button>
</div>
);
};
Rendering Optimizations
Utilize the signal directly within JSX to minimize component subscriptions and unnecessary re-renders. Only the signal's content will be updated:
const countSignal = createSignal(0);
function Unoptimized() {
// Triggers component re-renders on countSignal changes.
const value = countSignal.useValue();
return <p>{value}</p>;
}
function Optimized() {
// Updates text automatically without rerendering the component.
return <p>{countSignal}</p>;
}
Local State Management with Signals
While most application states are managed globally, components often require their own internal state. For such cases, signals-react
offers useSignal
and useComputed
hooks for creating and computing signals within components:
import { useSignal } from "signals-react";
function Counter() {
const count = useSignal(0);
const double = count.useComputed(value => value * 2);
return (
<div>
<p>Current count: {count}, double: {double}</p>
<button onClick={() => count.setValue(count.peek() + 1)}>Increment</button>
</div>
);
}
Advanced Features
Using peek()
The peek()
method enables reading the current signal value without subscription or triggering re-renders, ideal for event-based updates:
function Counter() {
const count = useSignal(0);
return (
<div>
<button onClick={() => count.setValue(count.peek() + 1)}>Increment</button>
</div>
);
}
Using compute
The compute
method facilitates the creation of ComputedSignal
s from existing signals, allowing for dynamic and reactive derived states:
const celsiusSignal = createSignal(0);
const fahrenheitSignal = celsiusSignal.compute(c => c * 9 / 5 + 32);
celsiusSignal.setValue(36); // Automatically updates fahrenheitSignal.
const TemperatureConverter = () => {
return (
<div>
<p>Celsius: {celsiusSignal.useValue()}</p>
<p>Fahrenheit: {fahrenheitSignal.useValue()}</p>
</div>
);
};
This method enhances state management by enabling efficient and logical reactive transformations, streamlining the development of complex reactive systems.
License
signals-react
is distributed under the MIT License. For more details, refer to the LICENSE file in the repository.