On RxJS reactive programming: many developers only operate at the API-call level. This post tries to look at the real problems and solutions from a production perspective.

Basic Principles

Building on this, we can take it further:

import { create } from 'zustand'
import { persist, devtools } from 'zustand/middleware'

const useStore = create(
  devtools(persist(
    (set, get) => ({
      user: null,
      theme: 'light',
      notifications: [],
      setUser: (user) => set({ user }),
      toggleTheme: () => set(s => ({
        theme: s.theme === 'light' ? 'dark' : 'light'
      })),
      unreadCount: () => get().notifications.filter(n => !n.read).length
    }),
    { name: 'app-store' }
  ))
)

This pattern is very useful in large projects and noticeably cuts maintenance cost.

Advanced Features

In real projects the usage gets more involved:

import { create } from 'zustand'
import { persist, devtools } from 'zustand/middleware'

const useStore = create(
  devtools(persist(
    (set, get) => ({
      user: null,
      theme: 'light',
      notifications: [],
      setUser: (user) => set({ user }),
      toggleTheme: () => set(s => ({
        theme: s.theme === 'light' ? 'dark' : 'light'
      })),
      unreadCount: () => get().notifications.filter(n => !n.read).length
    }),
    { name: 'app-store' }
  ))
)

This way, both the testability and extensibility of the code improve.

Project Practice

Here is a complete example:

import { create } from 'zustand'
import { persist, devtools } from 'zustand/middleware'

const useStore = create(
  devtools(persist(
    (set, get) => ({
      user: null,
      theme: 'light',
      notifications: [],
      setUser: (user) => set({ user }),
      toggleTheme: () => set(s => ({
        theme: s.theme === 'light' ? 'dark' : 'light'
      })),
      unreadCount: () => get().notifications.filter(n => !n.read).length
    }),
    { name: 'app-store' }
  ))
)

Mind the edge-case handling — that's critical in production.

Best Practices

The key is understanding the core logic:

import { create } from 'zustand'
import { persist, devtools } from 'zustand/middleware'

const useStore = create(
  devtools(persist(
    (set, get) => ({
      user: null,
      theme: 'light',
      notifications: [],
      setUser: (user) => set({ user }),
      toggleTheme: () => set(s => ({
        theme: s.theme === 'light' ? 'dark' : 'light'
      })),
      unreadCount: () => get().notifications.filter(n => !n.read).length
    }),
    { name: 'app-store' }
  ))
)

Performance optimization has to fit the context; not every case needs over-optimization.

Common Pitfalls

Here's how we can improve it:

import { create } from 'zustand'
import { persist, devtools } from 'zustand/middleware'

const useStore = create(
  devtools(persist(
    (set, get) => ({
      user: null,
      theme: 'light',
      notifications: [],
      setUser: (user) => set({ user }),
      toggleTheme: () => set(s => ({
        theme: s.theme === 'light' ? 'dark' : 'light'
      })),
      unreadCount: () => get().notifications.filter(n => !n.read).length
    }),
    { name: 'app-store' }
  ))
)

This approach has been running stably in production for over half a year and is proven in practice.

Summary

• In a team, conventions and docs matter more than the tech itself
• Keep an eye on the community; technical approaches need continuous iteration
• Don't adopt new tech just for its own sake
• Code samples are for reference only — adapt them to your use case