Introduction to State Machines Using XState
Instructor
Kyle Shevlin
The difficulty of managing state is one of the primary reasons our applications become so complex. We try and manage this complexity with a lot of booleans, somewhat semantic variables like isLoading, wasFetched, and hasError, and over-engineered systems that are still full of bugs. Surely, there's a better way.
That better way is state machines.
State machines formalize how we define and transition through the states of our application and give us ultimate control of the most complex parts of our apps.
In this course, we will explore the problems state machines purport to solve, like boolean explosion. We'll try to solve it our own way first, get so far, and then demonstrate how state machines get us all the way. After that, we'll dive into the XState library, JavaScript's premiere state machine library, to learn its API and how to use it to solve our problems.
By the time you're done taking this course, you should have a solid education about state machines and be able to start applying them.
Free Community Resource
A Community Resource means that it’s free to access for all. The instructor of this lesson requested it to be open to the public.
Credits
Maxime Bourgeois (illustration)Listen to Kyle Shevlin tell you about this course:
What you'll learn
- Build a simple machine for a piece of UI
- Build Hierarchical, Parallel, and, History state machines
- Identify the conditions & implement transition guards
- Trigger Actions on transition
- Handle infinite states when working with inputs
- Understand Activities
Prerequisites
Learner Reviews
- Sergey4 years agoWhat did you like about this course?
I'm new to xstate and it was a great intro in such a great tool. Thanks
- Juan Camacho4 years agoWhat did you like about this course?
This is a insightful course if you know basic theory of machines (in the mathematical sense)
- Filipe Oliveira4 years agoWhat did you like about this course?
Really detailed and easygoing introduction to XState. The official docs are pretty good but look a bit daunting at first. This course makes onboarding the XState train easier and faster! Now that I know what XState allows me doing, I can navigate through the official docs way better. Thanks for the course, Kyle!
- Learner4 years agoWhat would make this collection a 7 for you?
Excellent presentation. Thank you.
- nicoandresr rodriguez4 years agoWhat did you like about this course?
Great for know about state machines.
- Stephen Weiss4 years agoWhat did you like about this course?
A fantastic, short introduction to State Machines with Xstate! The density of concepts is enormous and my imagination is running wild! Thanks Kyle!
Course Content
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