State management pattern

A state management tool is a library or a set of libraries for creating user interfaces in javascript applications . In a nutshell, it implements a View in MVC pattern with all the behaviors and events supported.

State management allows developers to determine the state of the application to ensure the changes made appropriately reflect the real-world context and business processes .

The data on the interface is often referred to as state, it exists in memory and must be synced to the database. Handling how that data is synced, shared and updated is what state management is about. You often hear the following terms associated with this concept: Reactive Programming. Data Binding.