What is MobX?
MobX is a battle tested library that makes state management simple and scalable by transparently applying functional reactive programming (TFRP). React and MobX together are a powerful combination. React renders the application state by providing mechanisms to translate it into a tree of renderable components. MobX provides the mechanism to store and update the application state that React then uses.
MobX is a tool in the State Management Library category of a tech stack.
MobX is an open source tool with 27.6K GitHub stars and 1.8K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to MobX's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses MobX?
Companies
137 companies reportedly use MobX in their tech stacks, including Udemy, Canva, and Frontend Stack.
Developers
482 developers on StackShare have stated that they use MobX.
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Decisions about MobX
Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose MobX in their tech stack.
Piotr Brudny
CTO at JobsForIT · | 3 upvotes · 105.5K views
I am building a POC in Next.js. I usually use CRA+ MobX + Contentful, but this time I want to give a try to Next and GraphQL. Any suggestions on what tool to use for state management/content management? I am looking for a modern and quick to implement solution.
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MobX Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to MobX?
Relay Framework
Never again communicate with your data store using an imperative API. Simply declare your data requirements using GraphQL and let Relay figure out how and when to fetch your data.
Knockout
It is a JavaScript library that helps you to create rich, responsive display and editor user interfaces with a clean underlying data model. Any time you have sections of UI that update dynamically (e.g., changing depending on the user’s actions or when an external data source changes), it can help you implement it more simply and maintainably.
GraphQL Cache
A custom middleware for graphql-ruby that handles key construction and cache reads/writes transparently.
Flux
Flux is the application architecture that Facebook uses for building client-side web applications. It complements React's composable view components by utilizing a unidirectional data flow. It's more of a pattern rather than a formal framework, and you can start using Flux immediately without a lot of new code.
Apollo
Build a universal GraphQL API on top of your existing REST APIs, so you can ship new application features fast without waiting on backend changes.
