RFC: Comparison / compatibility with Flux / Vuex

[davestewart]

Background

Vue Class Store is fundamentally different from Vuex in that it doesn't have a wider state management methodology such as explicit one-way data flow, but it is designed to be easy to use and bridge the "shared state" gap between component state and full-Flux global state.

Many developers are used to working exclusively with Vuex – for all its benefits and drawbacks – and understandably have concerns about moving away from something tried and trusted.

Discussion (WIP)

This raises various questions, which should be explored.

Methodology:

• does it / when does it matter if you don't use Flux-style one-way data flow?
• what actually does it mean to have one-way data flow ?
• is there a danger of setting yourself up for failure by moving away from flux?

Compatibility:

• can VCS be used in conjunction with Vuex?
• in what situations would it good or bad to replace Vuex?
• should VCS have its own global state harness?

Differences:

• what tools does Vuex have that would be missed by not using it?

Tooling:

• Does the lack of an explicit DevTools panel matter?
• What would be a good substitute?

Contributing

Please add any thoughts below as a comment, and I will update the list above as appropriate to for a TOC as it were.

[davestewart]

The top comment thread on the Facebook Flux video linked above is interesting: https://youtu.be/nYkdrAPrdcw?t=624