The reducer is a pure function that takes the previous state and an action, and returns the next state.
(previousState, action) => newState
It's called a reducer because it's the type of function you would pass to Array.prototype.reduce(reducer, ?initialValue). It's very important that the reducer stays pure. Things you should never do inside a reducer:
- Mutate its arguments;
- Perform side effects like API calls and routing transitions;
- Call non-pure functions, e.g. Date.now() or Math.random().
