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README.md

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 #### Advanced Topics
 
+- [Redux Side Effects](redux-side-effects.md)
 - [React Performance](react-performance.md)
 - [Webpack Advanced Techniques](webpack-advanced-techniques.md)
 

redux-side-effects.md

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+### Redux Side Effects
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+#### Basic Concepts and Thunks
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+- **Stack Overflow: Dispatching Redux Actions with a Timeout**  
+  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35411423/how-to-dispatch-a-redux-action-with-a-timeout/35415559#35415559  
+  Dan Abramov explains the basics of managing async behavior in Redux, walking through a progressive series of approaches (inline async calls, async action creators, thunk middleware).
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+- **Stack Overflow: Why do we need middleware for async flow in Redux?**  
+  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34570758/why-do-we-need-middleware-for-async-flow-in-redux/34599594#34599594  
+  Dan Abramov gives reasons for using thunks and async middleware, and some useful patterns for using thunks.
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+#### Sagas
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+- **Master Complex Redux Workflows with Sagas**  
+  http://konkle.us/master-complex-redux-workflows-with-sagas/  
+  Describes what sagas are, how Redux-Saga uses generators to run sagas, some potential concerns, and how to use them.
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+- **Stack Overflow: Why do we need middleware for async flux in Redux?**  
+  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34570758/why-do-we-need-middleware-for-async-flow-in-redux/34623840#34623840  
+  A comparison of imperative thunks vs declarative sagas, and some of the benefits that sagas can provide for testing and decoupling of logic.
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+- **Managing Side Effects in React + Redux using Sagas**  
+  http://jaysoo.ca/2016/01/03/managing-processes-in-redux-using-sagas/  
+  Demonstrates various ways to implement a Timer app as a state machine, including using sagas to manage the periodic updates.
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+- **Persist Redux State By Using Sagas**  
+  http://engineering.invisionapp.com/post/persist-redux-state-by-using-sagas/  
+  A very well-written set of examples showing how to use sagas to implement some complex store persistence logic.
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+- **Handling Async in Redux with Sagas**  
+  http://wecodetheweb.com/2016/01/23/handling-async-in-redux-with-sagas/  
+  Covers the basic concepts and syntax of sagas, and how they can improve testability.
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