Vuex

Key links

• 🏠 Homepage: https://next.vuex.vuejs.org/

See also homepage for the olde Vuex 3 (for Vue 2) - vuex.vuejs.org.

What does Vuex do?

Vuex helps us deal with shared state management with the cost of more concepts and boilerplate. It’s a trade-off between short term and long term productivity.

Do I need Vuex?

…if your app is simple, you will most likely be fine without Vuex.

A simple store pattern may be all you need.

See Simple State Management from Scratch on the standard Vue docs.

The docs also say that might run into use-cases in a medium to large app where you need to manage state better. And then Vuex is a natural step there. Don’t add it just for the sake of it.

From the author of Redux:

Flux libraries are like glasses: you’ll know when you need them.

The Redux author also said that you probably don’t need Redux.