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# Step 2.7: Connect Redux store to view (Demo)
[Lessons](../) | [Exercise](./exercise/) | [Demo](./demo/)
Redux is currently the most popular Flux implementation, and the ecosystem of related libraries has grown as a result. This is one of the reasons why it is a very popular library within Microsoft products.
Various GitHub users have collected "awesome lists" of tech and articles related to Redux. Here is [one such list](https://github.com/xgrommx/awesome-redux#react---a-javascript-library-for-building-user-interfaces), but it is literally impossible to list out all the related tech.
In this step, we introduce but one useful library that works with Redux: [`react-redux`](https://react-redux.js.org/).
## The official React Redux binding: `react-redux`
That's right, Redux doesn't just work with React. It can also be used with Vue.js, Angular, and React Native, to name a few.
### `<Provider>` component
The store doesn't magically get passed to the views. It has to be supplied by a `react-redux` component called [`<Provider>`](https://react-redux.js.org/api/provider). A `<Provider>` can be placed anywhere, but it's best to just make it available at the root the app:
```js
const store = createStore(reducers);
const App = () => {
return (
<Provider store={store}>
<div>Hello World!</div>
</Provider>
);
};
```
### `connect()` higher-order function
`react-redux` provides a [`connect()`](https://react-redux.js.org/api/connect) function that turns the Redux store and dispatch functions into props for React components. The state and action dispatchers are passed along with a `<Provider>` component.
```js
const OldComponent = props => {
return <div>{props.foo}</div>;
};
const NewComponent = connect(
mapStateToProps,
mapDispatchToProps,
mergeProps,
options
)(OldComponent);
```
`connect()` takes in a few functions that map portions of the state tree and dispatcher functions into props. It is a **higher-order function**, meaning that the return value of `connect()` is a function that decorates `OldComponent` into a `NewComponent` with all the mapped props.
A [`mapStateToProps`](https://react-redux.js.org/api/connect#mapstatetoprops-state-ownprops-object) function selects out portions of the state tree. This function informs the connected view when to re-render based on a shallow comparison from previous state.
```ts
function mapStateToProps(state) {
return {
foo: state.foo
};
}
```
An optional [`mapDispatchToProps`](https://react-redux.js.org/api/connect#mapdispatchtoprops-object-dispatch-ownprops-object) function will trigger the action message dispatch mechanism of Redux. It looks like this:
```ts
function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch) {
return {
// the dispatched message COULD be generated by an
// action creator instead
addTodo: () => dispatch({ type: 'addTodo', ... })
}
}
```