Questions tagged [state]
Use the [state] tag for questions pertaining to retained information determining the behavior of a program.
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Handling user strategy choice over many strategy patterns
I’m building a framework with many parallel implementations of strategy patterns, and I want to know the best way to handle the user’s choice of the set of strategies. E.g. I want to calculate the ...
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Clearing static state before testing each method
My SUT class depends on external static state (which generally should be avoided, I know). How do I make sure my tests do not depend on their order of execution? I mean other by introducing some reset(...
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Global Variables State Management
Background: I am working in a Java environment using Spring Boot, where I often encounter scenarios where global variable state management is critical, especially within singleton services. I have ...
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Best Practices for Managing State in React Applications
I'm currently developing a web application using React and I'm looking for the best practices for managing state effectively. I've come across several methods such as using the Context API, Redux, and ...
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Why does "a consistent, understandable interface" differentiates database from global states?
According to some answers of How are globals any different from a database? that explains how database is different from global state: https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/a/319389 https://...
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Complex stateful logic in MVVM architecture
I'm building a mobile app in Flutter, and the project has several distinct layers. The top part is something better described as MVVM: dumb View layer that performs rendering and delegates actions to ...
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when would I need state management like redux in my e commerce app?
I am new to React and web development generally so please try to understand if the question seems dumb. So, I am currently making a simple e-commerce app and I was thinking of using state management ...
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Is there a clean way to model methods that only make sense depending on the current state of the object?
Let's say that I have a class called Mission. This class is intended to represent a mission requested by a professor working in a faculty. Mission has a private enum field representing whether the ...
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Is storing computed values always bad?
Edit: I'm copying the question but changing the example code. Apparently, I used a bad example earlier that contained an imprue getter. I'm keeping the old example code at the bottom so the first ...
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Why is Dependency Injection called "alternative of global state"?I think global state still exists
According to Why is Global State so Evil?, I believe we should avoid global state, so suppose I have an App that count user clicks in all pages like it: public class GlobalState{ public int ...
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Is it OK to stick with object graph in React State and should I make helpers for handling it?
I am trying to build ERP application using React frontend and I have not found decisive answer whether to use object graphs in React state? E.g. I would like to build Invoice view and I have the ...
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Including currect user/roles data within object state in .Net applications to control object behavior
I am building a .Net Core Blazor Server application. The application creates records of a Project class which move through a workflow with various phases of review and acceptance/rejection before ...
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When does a REST API stops being one in terms of state management?
As far as I understand, there is no certain boundaries for the RESTness of an API. However, I would like your help to understand how large and long (in terms of running time) a caching or state ...
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Are there any drawbacks to partial application?
Consider the following Typescript code: function exampleAction(target: Target, options: ExampleActionOptions) { // ... } export function getExampleAction(options: ExampleActionOptions) { return (...
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How to implement a counter without global state?
I have read many blogs and stack exchange posts about global state (usually) being bad practice. I'm now trying to avoid this where possible in my code, but I'm running into a case where I don't know ...
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