zalmoxisus/redux-devtools-extension

Batch actions

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#128 opened on Jun 1, 2016

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Description

Since each dispatched actions trigger an immediate render, a common pattern is batched actions. However, using them makes it quite harder to inspect what each action does (since you can only cancel batched actions, and not the individual actions that they compose).

It would be great if the extension was able to see that an action is a batched action (for example by checking its type against a specified property name), extract the actions inside (again by reading a configured property), and recreate this batched action without the canceled sub-actions.

Contributor guide

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
developer experiencetooling
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
half day
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
Reduxbatched actions pattern
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
50
Research direction
Investigate how the extension currently intercepts and displays Redux actions. Look at the source files related to action monitoring (e.g., background.js or inject.js). Determine if there is a way to detect batched actions by checking a type property. Then design a method to extract sub actions and modify the action list to show them individually, also supporting filtered removal.