What is state management? | Definition from TechTarget
Summary
Libraries are easy to use and eliminate the need for developers to create common code elements from scratch -- saving considerable time and testing. With the advent of web applications based on the stateless vision of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), it became necessary to more clearly define state management practices. In some cases, such as the processing of an order, a stateless exchange could hide critical information like current stock levels, resulting in what could be a significant business impact on the seller and a major inconvenience to the buyer. State management can help software developers design and build better applications by illustrating complex issues in communication between varied components which might not have clear or reliable means of direct interaction. Most of these tools are used to implement front-end state management because that mechanism is easiest to execute and offers the tightest integration with the applications user base.