State Management : Redux Toolkit vs Zustand vs Context API

Introduction

La gestion d’état est cruciale dans les applications React modernes. En 2025, trois solutions dominent : Redux Toolkit (le standard de l’industrie), Zustand (léger et moderne), et Context API (natif React). Découvrons leurs forces et faiblesses.

1. Context API : La solution native

Setup basique

// src/contexts/CartContext.tsx
import { createContext, useContext, useState, ReactNode } from 'react';

interface CartItem {
  id: number;
  name: string;
  price: number;
  quantity: number;
}

interface CartContextType {
  items: CartItem[];
  addItem: (item: Omit) => void;
  removeItem: (id: number) => void;
  updateQuantity: (id: number, quantity: number) => void;
  total: number;
  itemCount: number;
}

const CartContext = createContext(undefined);

export function CartProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
  const [items, setItems] = useState([]);

  const addItem = (item: Omit) => {
    setItems(current => {
      const existing = current.find(i => i.id === item.id);
      if (existing) {
        return current.map(i =>
          i.id === item.id ? { ...i, quantity: i.quantity + 1 } : i
        );
      }
      return [...current, { ...item, quantity: 1 }];
    });
  };

  const removeItem = (id: number) => {
    setItems(current => current.filter(i => i.id !== id));
  };

  const updateQuantity = (id: number, quantity: number) => {
    if (quantity <= 0) {
      removeItem(id);
      return;
    }
    setItems(current =>
      current.map(i => (i.id === id ? { ...i, quantity } : i))
    );
  };

  const total = items.reduce((sum, item) => sum + item.price  item.quantity, 0);
  const itemCount = items.reduce((sum, item) => sum + item.quantity, 0);

  const value = {
    items,
    addItem,
    removeItem,
    updateQuantity,
    total,
    itemCount
  };

  return {children};
}

export function useCart() {
  const context = useContext(CartContext);
  if (!context) {
    throw new Error('useCart must be used within CartProvider');
  }
  return context;
}

Utilisation

// src/App.tsx
import { CartProvider } from './contexts/CartContext';

function App() {
  return (
    
      

      
      
    
  );
}

// src/components/Header.tsx
import { useCart } from '@/contexts/CartContext';

function Header() {
  const { itemCount } = useCart();

  return (
    

      # Mon Shop
      
Panier: {itemCount} articles
    
  );
}

// src/components/ProductCard.tsx
function ProductCard({ product }: { product: Product }) {
  const { addItem } = useCart();

  return (
    

      ### {product.name}
      
{product.price}€
       addItem(product)}>
        Ajouter au panier
      
    
  );
}

Optimisation : Éviter les re-renders

// ❌ Problème : tous les consommateurs re-render
const CartContext = createContext({ items: [], addItem: () => {} });

// ✅ Solution 1 : Séparer les contexts
const CartItemsContext = createContext([]);
const CartActionsContext = createContext(undefined);

export function CartProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
  const [items, setItems] = useState([]);

  const actions = useMemo(() => ({
    addItem: (item: CartItem) => setItems(prev => [...prev, item]),
    removeItem: (id: number) => setItems(prev => prev.filter(i => i.id !== id))
  }), []);

  return (
    
      
        {children}
      
    
  );
}

// ✅ Solution 2 : useContextSelector (avec use-context-selector)
import { createContext } from 'use-context-selector';

const CartContext = createContext(undefined);

function Header() {
  // Ne re-render que si itemCount change
  const itemCount = useContextSelector(CartContext, v => v.itemCount);
  return 
Panier: {itemCount}
;
}

Avantages et inconvénients

Avantages :

• Natif React, pas de dépendance
• Simple pour des états simples
• TypeScript friendly
• Parfait pour le theming, i18n, auth

Inconvénients :

• Performance : re-render tous les consommateurs
• Pas de DevTools
• Pas de middleware
• Devient verbeux pour des états complexes

2. Zustand : Simplicité et performance

Installation

npm install zustand

Store basique

// src/stores/cartStore.ts
import { create } from 'zustand';

interface CartItem {
  id: number;
  name: string;
  price: number;
  quantity: number;
}

interface CartStore {
  items: CartItem[];
  addItem: (item: Omit) => void;
  removeItem: (id: number) => void;
  updateQuantity: (id: number, quantity: number) => void;
  clearCart: () => void;
  total: () => number;
  itemCount: () => number;
}

export const useCartStore = create((set, get) => ({
  items: [],

  addItem: (item) => set((state) => {
    const existing = state.items.find(i => i.id === item.id);
    if (existing) {
      return {
        items: state.items.map(i =>
          i.id === item.id ? { ...i, quantity: i.quantity + 1 } : i
        )
      };
    }
    return { items: [...state.items, { ...item, quantity: 1 }] };
  }),

  removeItem: (id) => set((state) => ({
    items: state.items.filter(i => i.id !== id)
  })),

  updateQuantity: (id, quantity) => set((state) => ({
    items: state.items.map(i =>
      i.id === id ? { ...i, quantity } : i
    )
  })),

  clearCart: () => set({ items: [] }),

  total: () => {
    const { items } = get();
    return items.reduce((sum, item) => sum + item.price  item.quantity, 0);
  },

  itemCount: () => {
    const { items } = get();
    return items.reduce((sum, item) => sum + item.quantity, 0);
  }
}));

Utilisation

// src/components/Header.tsx
import { useCartStore } from '@/stores/cartStore';

function Header() {
  // Sélecteur : ne re-render que si itemCount change
  const itemCount = useCartStore(state => state.itemCount());

  return (
    

      # Mon Shop
      
Panier: {itemCount} articles
    
  );
}

// src/components/ProductCard.tsx
function ProductCard({ product }: { product: Product }) {
  // Sélectionner uniquement la fonction
  const addItem = useCartStore(state => state.addItem);

  return (
    

      ### {product.name}
       addItem(product)}>
        Ajouter
      
    
  );
}

// src/components/Cart.tsx
function Cart() {
  const { items, removeItem, total } = useCartStore(state => ({
    items: state.items,
    removeItem: state.removeItem,
    total: state.total()
  }));

  return (
    

      {items.map(item => (
        

          {item.name}
          {item.quantity}
           removeItem(item.id)}>×
        
      ))}
      
Total: {total}€
    
  );
}

Middleware : Persistence

// src/stores/cartStore.ts
import { create } from 'zustand';
import { persist, createJSONStorage } from 'zustand/middleware';

export const useCartStore = create()(
  persist(
    (set, get) => ({
      items: [],
      addItem: (item) => set((state) => ({ / ... / })),
      // ... autres actions
    }),
    {
      name: 'cart-storage', // clé localStorage
      storage: createJSONStorage(() => localStorage),
    }
  )
);

Middleware : Immer (mutations immuables)

import { create } from 'zustand';
import { immer } from 'zustand/middleware/immer';

export const useCartStore = create()(
  immer((set) => ({
    items: [],

    // ✅ Mutations directes grâce à Immer
    addItem: (item) => set((state) => {
      const existing = state.items.find(i => i.id === item.id);
      if (existing) {
        existing.quantity += 1;
      } else {
        state.items.push({ ...item, quantity: 1 });
      }
    }),

    updateQuantity: (id, quantity) => set((state) => {
      const item = state.items.find(i => i.id === id);
      if (item) {
        item.quantity = quantity;
      }
    })
  }))
);

Middleware : DevTools

import { devtools } from 'zustand/middleware';

export const useCartStore = create()(
  devtools(
    persist(
      immer((set) => ({
        // ... store
      })),
      { name: 'cart-storage' }
    ),
    { name: 'CartStore' }
  )
);

Slices pattern (organisation)

// src/stores/slices/userSlice.ts
export interface UserSlice {
  user: User | null;
  login: (user: User) => void;
  logout: () => void;
}

export const createUserSlice = (set: any): UserSlice => ({
  user: null,
  login: (user) => set({ user }),
  logout: () => set({ user: null })
});

// src/stores/slices/cartSlice.ts
export const createCartSlice = (set: any): CartSlice => ({
  items: [],
  addItem: (item) => set((state: any) => ({ / ... / }))
});

// src/stores/index.ts
import { create } from 'zustand';
import { createUserSlice } from './slices/userSlice';
import { createCartSlice } from './slices/cartSlice';

type StoreState = UserSlice & CartSlice;

export const useStore = create()((...a) => ({
  ...createUserSlice(...a),
  ...createCartSlice(...a)
}));

Avantages et inconvénients

Avantages :

Inconvénients :

3. Redux Toolkit : Le standard de l’industrie

Installation

npm install @reduxjs/toolkit react-redux

Store configuration

// src/store/index.ts
import { configureStore } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
import cartReducer from './slices/cartSlice';
import userReducer from './slices/userSlice';

export const store = configureStore({
  reducer: {
    cart: cartReducer,
    user: userReducer
  },
  middleware: (getDefaultMiddleware) =>
    getDefaultMiddleware({
      serializableCheck: false
    })
});

export type RootState = ReturnType;
export type AppDispatch = typeof store.dispatch;

Slice avec Redux Toolkit

// src/store/slices/cartSlice.ts
import { createSlice, PayloadAction } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';

interface CartItem {
  id: number;
  name: string;
  price: number;
  quantity: number;
}

interface CartState {
  items: CartItem[];
  loading: boolean;
  error: string | null;
}

const initialState: CartState = {
  items: [],
  loading: false,
  error: null
};

const cartSlice = createSlice({
  name: 'cart',
  initialState,
  reducers: {
    addItem: (state, action: PayloadAction>) => {
      const existing = state.items.find(i => i.id === action.payload.id);
      if (existing) {
        existing.quantity += 1;
      } else {
        state.items.push({ ...action.payload, quantity: 1 });
      }
    },

    removeItem: (state, action: PayloadAction) => {
      state.items = state.items.filter(i => i.id !== action.payload);
    },

    updateQuantity: (state, action: PayloadAction<{ id: number; quantity: number }>) => {
      const item = state.items.find(i => i.id === action.payload.id);
      if (item) {
        item.quantity = action.payload.quantity;
      }
    },

    clearCart: (state) => {
      state.items = [];
    }
  }
});

export const { addItem, removeItem, updateQuantity, clearCart } = cartSlice.actions;
export default cartSlice.reducer;

// Selectors
export const selectCartItems = (state: RootState) => state.cart.items;
export const selectCartTotal = (state: RootState) =>
  state.cart.items.reduce((sum, item) => sum + item.price  item.quantity, 0);
export const selectItemCount = (state: RootState) =>
  state.cart.items.reduce((sum, item) => sum + item.quantity, 0);

Hooks typés

// src/store/hooks.ts
import { TypedUseSelectorHook, useDispatch, useSelector } from 'react-redux';
import type { RootState, AppDispatch } from './index';

export const useAppDispatch = () => useDispatch();
export const useAppSelector: TypedUseSelectorHook = useSelector;

Utilisation dans les composants

// src/App.tsx
import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
import { store } from './store';

function App() {
  return (
    
      

      
      
    
  );
}

// src/components/Header.tsx
import { useAppSelector } from '@/store/hooks';
import { selectItemCount } from '@/store/slices/cartSlice';

function Header() {
  const itemCount = useAppSelector(selectItemCount);

  return (
    

      # Mon Shop
      
Panier: {itemCount} articles
    
  );
}

// src/components/ProductCard.tsx
import { useAppDispatch } from '@/store/hooks';
import { addItem } from '@/store/slices/cartSlice';

function ProductCard({ product }: { product: Product }) {
  const dispatch = useAppDispatch();

  return (
    

      ### {product.name}
       dispatch(addItem(product))}>
        Ajouter
      
    
  );
}

Async Thunks

// src/store/slices/productsSlice.ts
import { createSlice, createAsyncThunk } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';

interface Product {
  id: number;
  name: string;
  price: number;
}

interface ProductsState {
  items: Product[];
  loading: boolean;
  error: string | null;
}

const initialState: ProductsState = {
  items: [],
  loading: false,
  error: null
};

// Async thunk
export const fetchProducts = createAsyncThunk(
  'products/fetchProducts',
  async (category?: string) => {
    const url = category
      ? /api/products?category=${category}
      : '/api/products';

    const response = await fetch(url);
    if (!response.ok) {
      throw new Error('Failed to fetch products');
    }
    return response.json();
  }
);

const productsSlice = createSlice({
  name: 'products',
  initialState,
  reducers: {},
  extraReducers: (builder) => {
    builder
      .addCase(fetchProducts.pending, (state) => {
        state.loading = true;
        state.error = null;
      })
      .addCase(fetchProducts.fulfilled, (state, action) => {
        state.loading = false;
        state.items = action.payload;
      })
      .addCase(fetchProducts.rejected, (state, action) => {
        state.loading = false;
        state.error = action.error.message || 'An error occurred';
      });
  }
});

export default productsSlice.reducer;

RTK Query : Data fetching

// src/store/api/productsApi.ts
import { createApi, fetchBaseQuery } from '@reduxjs/toolkit/query/react';

interface Product {
  id: number;
  name: string;
  price: number;
}

export const productsApi = createApi({
  reducerPath: 'productsApi',
  baseQuery: fetchBaseQuery({ baseUrl: '/api' }),
  tagTypes: ['Products'],
  endpoints: (builder) => ({
    getProducts: builder.query({
      query: () => 'products',
      providesTags: ['Products']
    }),

    getProduct: builder.query({
      query: (id) => products/${id},
      providesTags: (result, error, id) => [{ type: 'Products', id }]
    }),

    createProduct: builder.mutation>({
      query: (body) => ({
        url: 'products',
        method: 'POST',
        body
      }),
      invalidatesTags: ['Products']
    }),

    updateProduct: builder.mutation({
      query: ({ id, ...body }) => ({
        url: products/${id},
        method: 'PUT',
        body
      }),
      invalidatesTags: (result, error, { id }) => [{ type: 'Products', id }]
    }),

    deleteProduct: builder.mutation({
      query: (id) => ({
        url: products/${id},
        method: 'DELETE'
      }),
      invalidatesTags: ['Products']
    })
  })
});

export const {
  useGetProductsQuery,
  useGetProductQuery,
  useCreateProductMutation,
  useUpdateProductMutation,
  useDeleteProductMutation
} = productsApi;

// Ajouter à configureStore
export const store = configureStore({
  reducer: {
    cart: cartReducer,
    [productsApi.reducerPath]: productsApi.reducer
  },
  middleware: (getDefaultMiddleware) =>
    getDefaultMiddleware().concat(productsApi.middleware)
});

Utilisation RTK Query

// src/components/ProductList.tsx
import {
  useGetProductsQuery,
  useDeleteProductMutation
} from '@/store/api/productsApi';

function ProductList() {
  const { data: products, isLoading, error } = useGetProductsQuery();
  const [deleteProduct, { isLoading: isDeleting }] = useDeleteProductMutation();

  if (isLoading) return 
Chargement...
;
  if (error) return 
Erreur
;

  return (
    

      {products?.map(product => (
        

          ### {product.name}
           deleteProduct(product.id)}
            disabled={isDeleting}
          >
            Supprimer
          
        
      ))}
    
  );
}

// Préchargement optimiste
function ProductCard({ productId }: { productId: number }) {
  const { data: product } = useGetProductQuery(productId);

  return 
{product?.name}
;
}

Redux Persist

// src/store/index.ts
import { configureStore } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
import {
  persistStore,
  persistReducer,
  FLUSH,
  REHYDRATE,
  PAUSE,
  PERSIST,
  PURGE,
  REGISTER
} from 'redux-persist';
import storage from 'redux-persist/lib/storage';
import cartReducer from './slices/cartSlice';

const persistConfig = {
  key: 'root',
  storage,
  whitelist: ['cart'] // Seulement persister le cart
};

const persistedCartReducer = persistReducer(persistConfig, cartReducer);

export const store = configureStore({
  reducer: {
    cart: persistedCartReducer,
    user: userReducer
  },
  middleware: (getDefaultMiddleware) =>
    getDefaultMiddleware({
      serializableCheck: {
        ignoredActions: [FLUSH, REHYDRATE, PAUSE, PERSIST, PURGE, REGISTER]
      }
    })
});

export const persistor = persistStore(store);

// src/App.tsx
import { PersistGate } from 'redux-persist/integration/react';
import { store, persistor } from './store';

function App() {
  return (
    
      
        
      
    
  );
}

Avantages et inconvénients

Avantages :

Inconvénients :

4. Comparaison et benchmarks

Taille du bundle

Performance (1000 re-renders)

// Benchmark code
function benchmark() {
  console.time('Context API');
  for (let i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
    // Update context
  }
  console.timeEnd('Context API'); // ~450ms

  console.time('Zustand');
  for (let i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
    // Update zustand
  }
  console.timeEnd('Zustand'); // ~85ms

  console.time('Redux Toolkit');
  for (let i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
    // Dispatch action
  }
  console.timeEnd('Redux Toolkit'); // ~120ms
}

Cas d'usage recommandés

// ✅ Context API : Pour
// - Thème
// - Internationalisation (i18n)
// - Authentification (simple)
// - État UI partagé simple

// ✅ Zustand : Pour
// - Applications petites à moyennes
// - État global simple
// - Performance critique
// - Besoin de simplicité

// ✅ Redux Toolkit : Pour
// - Applications grandes/complexes
// - État global complexe
// - Data fetching centralisé (RTK Query)
// - Besoin de DevTools avancés
// - Middleware custom
// - Time-travel debugging

5. Migration entre solutions

Context API → Zustand

// Avant (Context API)
const CartContext = createContext(undefined);

export function CartProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
  const [items, setItems] = useState([]);
  // ...
  return {children};
}

// Après (Zustand)
export const useCartStore = create((set) => ({
  items: [],
  addItem: (item) => set((state) => ({ / ... / }))
}));

// Migration du code
// Avant
const { items, addItem } = useCart();

// Après
const { items, addItem } = useCartStore();
// Ou avec sélecteur
const items = useCartStore(state => state.items);
const addItem = useCartStore(state => state.addItem);

Zustand → Redux Toolkit

// Avant (Zustand)
export const useCartStore = create((set) => ({
  items: [],
  addItem: (item) => set((state) => ({ / ... */ }))
}));

// Après (Redux Toolkit)
const cartSlice = createSlice({
  name: 'cart',
  initialState: { items: [] },
  reducers: {
    addItem: (state, action) => {
      // ...
    }
  }
});

// Migration du code
// Avant
const addItem = useCartStore(state => state.addItem);

// Après
const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
dispatch(addItem(product));

6. Tests

Tester Context API

// CartContext.test.tsx
import { render, screen, fireEvent } from '@testing-library/react';
import { CartProvider, useCart } from './CartContext';

function TestComponent() {
  const { items, addItem } = useCart();
  return (
    

      
{items.length}
       addItem({ id: 1, name: 'Test', price: 10 })}>
        Add
      
    
  );
}

describe('CartContext', () => {
  it('adds items to cart', () => {
    render(
      
        
      
    );

    expect(screen.getByTestId('count')).toHaveTextContent('0');

    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText('Add'));

    expect(screen.getByTestId('count')).toHaveTextContent('1');
  });
});

Tester Zustand

// cartStore.test.ts
import { renderHook, act } from '@testing-library/react';
import { useCartStore } from './cartStore';

describe('cartStore', () => {
  beforeEach(() => {
    useCartStore.setState({ items: [] });
  });

  it('adds item to cart', () => {
    const { result } = renderHook(() => useCartStore());

    act(() => {
      result.current.addItem({ id: 1, name: 'Test', price: 10 });
    });

    expect(result.current.items).toHaveLength(1);
    expect(result.current.items[0].name).toBe('Test');
  });
});

Tester Redux Toolkit

// cartSlice.test.ts
import cartReducer, { addItem, removeItem } from './cartSlice';

describe('cartSlice', () => {
  const initialState = { items: [], loading: false, error: null };

  it('adds item', () => {
    const item = { id: 1, name: 'Test', price: 10 };
    const state = cartReducer(initialState, addItem(item));

    expect(state.items).toHaveLength(1);
    expect(state.items[0].quantity).toBe(1);
  });

  it('removes item', () => {
    const state = {
      items: [{ id: 1, name: 'Test', price: 10, quantity: 1 }],
      loading: false,
      error: null
    };

    const newState = cartReducer(state, removeItem(1));

    expect(newState.items).toHaveLength(0);
  });
});

Recommandations 2025

Choix par taille de projet

// Petit projet (< 10 composants)
// → Context API

// Projet moyen (10-50 composants)
// → Zustand

// Grand projet (> 50 composants)
// → Redux Toolkit

// Projet avec beaucoup de data fetching
// → Redux Toolkit + RTK Query
// ou TanStack Query + Zustand

Combinaisons recommandées

// Context API (auth) + Zustand (cart)
const App = () => (
  
    
  
);

// Redux Toolkit + TanStack Query
// Redux pour l'état global
// TanStack Query pour le data fetching

// Zustand + TanStack Query (moderne et léger)
export const useCartStore = create(...);
export const useProducts = () => useQuery(['products'], fetchProducts);

Conclusion

Chaque solution a ses forces :

Choisissez selon

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