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Redux Toolkit createSlice best practices

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Redux Toolkit - createSlice

Structure

  • Use descriptive name for action type prefixes
  • Define typed initialState with satisfies
  • Export actions and reducer separately
// ✅ GOOD
import { createSlice, PayloadAction } from "@reduxjs/toolkit";

interface MyState {
  value: number;
  status: "idle" | "loading" | "error";
}

const initialState: MyState = {
  value: 0,
  status: "idle",
};

const mySlice = createSlice({
  name: "myFeature",
  initialState,
  reducers: {
    setValue: (state, action: PayloadAction<number>) => {
      state.value = action.payload;
    },
    setStatus: (state, action: PayloadAction<MyState["status"]>) => {
      state.status = action.payload;
    },
  },
});

export const { setValue, setStatus } = mySlice.actions;
export default mySlice.reducer;

Registration

Add the slice to reducers/index.ts:

// 1. Import the reducer and state type
import myFeature, { MyFeatureState } from "./myFeature";

// 2. Add to State type
export type State = {
  // ...existing
  myFeature: MyFeatureState;
};

// 3. Add to combineReducers
const appReducer = combineReducers({
  // ...existing
  myFeature,
});

Reducers

  • Use Immer's mutable syntax safely
  • Type PayloadAction<T> for actions with payloads
  • Keep reducers focused on single state changes

Selectors

  • Define selectors with the slice
  • Use createSelector for derived data
// Colocate selectors with slice
export const selectValue = (state: RootState) => state.myFeature.value;
export const selectStatus = (state: RootState) => state.myFeature.status;

extraReducers

  • Use builder callback for external actions
  • Handle async thunk states (pending/fulfilled/rejected)
extraReducers: (builder) => {
  builder
    .addCase(fetchData.pending, (state) => {
      state.status = "loading";
    })
    .addCase(fetchData.fulfilled, (state, action) => {
      state.status = "idle";
      state.data = action.payload;
    })
    .addCase(fetchData.rejected, (state) => {
      state.status = "error";
    });
},