Converting to use Redux Devtools Extension.

Introduction

Redux Devtools Extension

Chrome Installation

Install Redux Devtools from the Chrome Web Store

An icon should be added to your chrome browser.

Usage

Use the icon to activate. An in-browser Redux Inspector window is opened.

In practice, it is best to open a separate window. To do this, click any of the three icons at the bottom left of the panel.

Debugging

Can store Redux state between page refreshes.

For example

http://localhost:8002/?debug_session=my1

Also can store multiple states, for example

http://localhost:8002/?debug_session=my2

To return to a saved state, just re-enter the url.

When finished, disable debugging

http://localhost:8002

Code

The code now gets much easier

index.jsx

import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import { Provider } from 'react-redux';

import Root from './root/Root';

import configureStore from './store/configureStore';

const store = configureStore();

document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
	ReactDOM.render(
		<Provider store={store}>
			<Root />
		</Provider>,
		document.getElementById('root')
	);
});

/store/configureStore.js

if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
	module.exports = require('./configureStore.prod');
} else {
	module.exports = require('./configureStore.dev');
}

/store/configureStore.dev.js

import { createStore, applyMiddleware, compose } from 'redux';

import thunk from 'redux-thunk';
import rootReducer from '../redux/reducers';

const configureStore = (initialState = {}) => {
	const middleware = [thunk];
	const composeEnhancers = window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION_COMPOSE__ || compose;	// eslint-disable-line no-underscore-dangle
	const enhancers = composeEnhancers(
		applyMiddleware(...middleware)
	);
	const store = createStore(rootReducer, initialState, enhancers);
	return store;
};

export default configureStore;

/store/configureStore.prod.js

import { createStore, compose, applyMiddleware } from 'redux';
import thunk from 'redux-thunk';

import rootReducer from '../redux/reducers';

const configureStore = (initialState = {}) => {
	const middleware = [thunk];
	const enhancers = [];
	const store = createStore(rootReducer, initialState, compose(applyMiddleware(...middleware), ...enhancers));
	return store;
};

export default configureStore;

Root.jsx is now the same for development and production.

Converting From redux-devtools

Remove packages

redux-devtools
redux-devtools-log-monitor
redux-devtools-dock-monitor