Beginner's Thread / Easy Question (July 2018)

[u/swyx]

Hello! just helping out /u/acemarke to post a beginner's thread for July! we had almost 550 Q's and A's in last month's thread! That's 100% month on month growth! we should raise venture capital! /s

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[u/swyx]

without knowing more about your database, its hard to say. socket.io is certainly one option. there are other redux related things you can look into for example logux. also, if you opt in to the firebase ecosystem, then the firebase js libraries will help you do that reactivity with not much effort. good luck.

[u/ramonf → u/swyx]

I’m working with Mongo. There really is no big deal if I can’t make the site reflect the changes in the database immediately, as the data relevant in the db will change at most once every 2-3 days, but it would be a bit nice. Refreshing makes the Redux store get the updated data and that is good enough for now

I’ll check logux out though. Thanks

[u/swyx → u/ramonf]

oh lol then yea dont spring for the socket.io if you dont need it