nanostores VS jotai

use a shared state manager like nanostores

I retrieved access to files the directory of words using the Astro.glob() function super easily (too bad I couldn't talk about how powerful this function is; how glad I am it existed out-the-box in Astro and how much ease it brought into the flow of getting this search engine up and running) and plugged the returned array of word objects into a $dictionary state (maybe I should call this a store) powered by nanostore (another beautiful stuff right there)

In its docs, Astro recommends nanostores, but I’ve used effector in the past. And LOVED IT. So I’ve used it for this project as well.

Nanostores explanation

vidstack is very light on technical details but starts with a concise intro and a screenshot, as well as relevant links: https://github.com/vidstack/player

payload is well-structured in general: https://github.com/payloadcms/payload

nanostores starts out with an intro and telling code examples, followed by lots of technical details: https://github.com/nanostores/nanostores

Nanostores and Reatom are also great, fast atomic libs

Astro handles multi-framework components (React, Vue, etc) and they recommend using the nanostores library for shared state.

Checkout Nanostore it's what Astro.build recommends for sharing state across different ui libraries.

All of these are valid ways of fixing the state management issue, but it's clear that we need to find a common solution that works for all the UI libraries. This is where nanostores comes into play! The description they provide on their GitHub page is simply perfect:

Jotai

When Redux feels heavy, modern libraries like Zustand or Jotai offer minimalist APIs with zero boilerplate.

I picked the above content from Jotai website.

If we want to use React 19, one of the best options is to use Waku. It's a lightweight framework made by the author of Jotai.

Jotai is a lightweight and flexible solution that fits naturally into the React paradigm.

TanStack Query Zustand Jotai Context API

You don't need Redux or Jotai right away.

Jotai State Management

Note that this kind of reactivity isn't exclusive to the "PUSH-PULL" model. Fine-grained reactivity refers to the precise tracking of system dependencies. So, there are PUSH and PULL reactivity models which also work in this way (I'm thinking about Jotai or Recoil.