First: Redux is _not_ dogmatic about putting every last bit of your state into Redux. It is entirely up to you how much or how little goes into Redux. (This question comes up all the time, which is why I added it the the Redux FAQ [0] ).
So yes, there are absolutely times when it makes sense to keep data, such as frequent user input updates, in local component state, and only dispatch an action later. In fact, a while back I put together a wrapper component that does exactly that [1]. Made a few tweaks since then that I haven't added to the proof-of-concept in the gist, but the basic idea is there.
I do have a number of articles on React and forms in my React/Redux links list [2], but at the moment I don't think any of them specifically deal with Redux usage. Might be interesting to look through some of the apps listed in my real-world Redux apps list [3] - the Jenkins UI and Wordpress Admin Page apps might be relevant.
I will say that while Redux Form [4] is probably the most widely used Redux form logic library at the moment, React Redux Form [5] is another option that looks good. In fact, the current Redux Form 6.0 beta API is heavily inspired by RRF's API. My Redux addons catalog also has a page listing a number of other options of varying kinds [6] (none of which I've used myself, btw, just catalogued).
All that said, yeah, would be great if someone were to write up a larger, more in-depth article about dealing with forms.
So yes, there are absolutely times when it makes sense to keep data, such as frequent user input updates, in local component state, and only dispatch an action later. In fact, a while back I put together a wrapper component that does exactly that [1]. Made a few tweaks since then that I haven't added to the proof-of-concept in the gist, but the basic idea is there.
I do have a number of articles on React and forms in my React/Redux links list [2], but at the moment I don't think any of them specifically deal with Redux usage. Might be interesting to look through some of the apps listed in my real-world Redux apps list [3] - the Jenkins UI and Wordpress Admin Page apps might be relevant.
I will say that while Redux Form [4] is probably the most widely used Redux form logic library at the moment, React Redux Form [5] is another option that looks good. In fact, the current Redux Form 6.0 beta API is heavily inspired by RRF's API. My Redux addons catalog also has a page listing a number of other options of varying kinds [6] (none of which I've used myself, btw, just catalogued).
All that said, yeah, would be great if someone were to write up a larger, more in-depth article about dealing with forms.
[0]: http://redux.js.org/docs/FAQ.html#organizing-state-only-redu...
[1]: https://gist.github.com/markerikson/554cab15d83fd994dfab
[2]: https://github.com/markerikson/react-redux-links/blob/master...
[3]: https://github.com/markerikson/redux-ecosystem-links/blob/ma...
[4]: https://github.com/erikras/redux-form
[5]: https://github.com/davidkpiano/react-redux-form
[6]: https://github.com/markerikson/redux-ecosystem-links/blob/ma...