Managing Global State with Angular Services

{
  "title": "Managing Global State with Angular Services",
  "description": "Explore effective methods for managing application-wide state using Angular services without external libraries.",
  "category": "Angular Cursor Rules",
  "rules": [
    {
      "name": "Centralize State Management in Services",
      "description": "Utilize Angular services to manage global state, ensuring a single source of truth accessible by multiple components. This approach promotes a clean and maintainable architecture by separating state management from component logic.",
      "references": [
        {
          "text": "Simplify State Management with Angular Services",
          "url": "https://www.quality-coders.com/simplify-state-management-with-angular-services/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Implement Reactive Programming with RxJS",
      "description": "Leverage RxJS within services to handle asynchronous operations and state changes. Using observables and subjects like BehaviorSubject allows components to reactively subscribe to state updates, enhancing responsiveness and scalability.",
      "references": [
        {
          "text": "Angular State Management: Best Practices",
          "url": "https://www.infragistics.com/blogs/angular-state-management/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ensure State Immutability",
      "description": "Maintain predictable state by treating it as immutable. Instead of modifying existing state directly, create new state objects when changes are necessary. This practice simplifies debugging and ensures consistent state transitions.",
      "references": [
        {
          "text": "10 Angular State Management Best Practices",
          "url": "https://climbtheladder.com/10-angular-state-management-best-practices/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Encapsulate State Logic Within Services",
      "description": "Keep state-related logic confined to services, allowing components to focus on presentation and user interaction. This separation of concerns enhances testability and reusability of both services and components.",
      "references": [
        {
          "text": "Best Practices for State Management in Angular Applications",
          "url": "https://peerdh.com/uk/blogs/programming-insights/best-practices-for-state-management-in-angular-applications"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Provide Synchronous State Snapshots",
      "description": "Ensure that services offer synchronous access to the current state, allowing components to retrieve state snapshots without subscribing to observables. This practice simplifies component logic and improves performance.",
      "references": [
        {
          "text": "Angular State Management Best Practices",
          "url": "https://blog.simplified.courses/angular-state-management-best-practices/"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}