SolidJS•2y ago

How to use createEffect with store?

I want to make createEffect when specific property is changed in store. I know how i can do it with createSignal. But how to do it with createStore?

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Alex Lohr•2y ago

createEffect(() => console.log(foo.value)) just referencing value on foo will cause the effect to register to the tracking scope.

musiclover•2y ago

Omg Alex!!! It's so easy than I thought...Solid is amazing....Thanks and much respect for the gods who made Solid... But Alex. I get this warning 'computations created outside a createRoot or render will never be disposed' How to solve this? I have store in a seperate file, not inside any component. And I'm writing createEffect too in seperate file...because there are many side effects I want to run without any components

Alex Lohr•2y ago

Just wrap it in createRoot, ie

const [store, setStore] = createRoot(() => {
  ...
  return [store, setStore]
});

const [store, setStore] = createRoot(() => {
  ...
  return [store, setStore]
});

If you want to return more than 3 values, consider an object instead of a tuple.

musiclover•2y ago

Thanks Alex always you are amazing.... What's the purpose of createRoot actually under the hood?

Alex Lohr•2y ago

It sets up a tracking scope for reactive computations, i.e. effects, memos etc, for the cases this is not automatically done by render or hydrate. You can also use it to have a self-destruct switch for effects.

createRoot((dispose) => createEffect((i) => {
  console.log(i);
  if (i > 3) { dispose(); }
  return i + 1;
}, 0));

createRoot((dispose) => createEffect((i) => {
  console.log(i);
  if (i > 3) { dispose(); }
  return i + 1;
}, 0));

should log 4 times and then is garbage-collected.

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