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React.js Conf 2015 - Immutable Data and React

Lee Byron of Facebook explains how persistent immutable data structures work and how to use them in React apps with Immutable.js. He covers memoization benefits and avoiding coupling through shared mutable state.

Why HN readers recommended it

HN points to it as a clear explanation of immutable data structures such as tries, and of the case for immutability with React and Flux.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Meta Developers
Topic
immutable data in react
Format
talk
Level
intermediate
HN recommenders in dataset
5
HN mentions in dataset
7
Recommendation years in dataset
2015–2022

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • IMHO, one-way data flow + immutability competes with (beats ?) observed mutations in many use cases. See [VIDEO] , and more specifically [VIDEO]

    netgusto on Hacker News · 2015-03
    In Hamsa – A simple data-binding and observable model
  • @diegorbaquero you should watch that [VIDEO] . The author spoke about performance and immutability-data structures like Directional Acyclic Graphs and Trie.

    victorcase on Hacker News · 2016-11
    In Immutable.js: An Introduction with examples written for humans
  • For anyone interested, there's a great conference talk on this topic by Lee Byron from Facebook: [VIDEO]

    clay_to_n on Hacker News · 2017-05
    In Build Yourself a Redux

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