Better Reducers with React and Typescript 3.4

useUserReducer.ts

import { useReducer } from 'react'

export function updateName(name: string) {
  return <const>{
    type: 'UPDATE_NAME',
    name
  }
}

export function addPoints(points: number) {
  return <const>{
    type: 'ADD_POINTS',
    points
  }
}

export function setLikesGames(value: boolean) {
  return <const>{
    type: 'SET_LIKES_GAMES',
    value
  }
}

export const initialState = {
  name: '',
  points: 0,
  likesGames: true
}

type State = typeof initialState
type Action = ReturnType<
  typeof updateName | typeof addPoints | typeof setLikesGames
>

function reducer(state: State, action: Action): State {
  switch (action.type) {
    case 'UPDATE_NAME':
      return { ...state, name: action.name }
    case 'ADD_POINTS':
      return { ...state, points: action.points }
    case 'SET_LIKES_GAMES':
      return { ...state, likesGames: action.value }
    default:
      return state
  }
}

export default function useUserReducer(state = initialState) {
  return useReducer(reducer, state)
}