Discussion: Redux vs Context API

Question

When we decide to use Redux or Context API?
The general answer that I find is redux for large projects and context API for small projects

Answer 1

https://youtu.be/OvM4hIxrqAw

https://daveceddia.com/context-api-vs-redux

Answer 2

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49568073/react-context-vs-react-redux-when-should-i-use-each-one

Answer 3

Use redux whenever the app sharing states among the components.

Below is an example of redux which sharing state between 2 elements.

https://code.sololearn.com/W5E46XL5PvM2/?ref=app

Answer 4

Context api is great for passing down data to deeply nested components, whereas redux can handle not only nested components, it handles state globally.

Answer 5

Yeah but I believe context API does the same thing