There is a lot of talk about the latest kid in redux town right now, redux-saga/redux-saga. It uses generator functions for listening to/dispatching actions.

Before I wrap my head around it, I would like to know the pros/cons of using redux-saga instead of the approach below where I'm using redux-thunk with async/await.

A component might look like this, dispatch actions like usual.

import { login } from 'redux/auth';

class LoginForm extends Component {

  onClick(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    const { user, pass } = this.refs;
    this.props.dispatch(login(user.value, pass.value));
  }

  render() {
    return (<div>
        <input type="text" ref="user" />
        <input type="password" ref="pass" />
        <button onClick={::this.onClick}>Sign In</button>
    </div>);
  } 
}

export default connect((state) => ({}))(LoginForm);

Then my actions look something like this:

// auth.js

import request from 'axios';
import { loadUserData } from './user';

// define constants
// define initial state
// export default reducer

export const login = (user, pass) => async (dispatch) => {
    try {
        dispatch({ type: LOGIN_REQUEST });
        let { data } = await request.post('/login', { user, pass });
        await dispatch(loadUserData(data.uid));
        dispatch({ type: LOGIN_SUCCESS, data });
    } catch(error) {
        dispatch({ type: LOGIN_ERROR, error });
    }
}

// more actions...

// user.js

import request from 'axios';

// define constants
// define initial state
// export default reducer

export const loadUserData = (uid) => async (dispatch) => {
    try {
        dispatch({ type: USERDATA_REQUEST });
        let { data } = await request.get(`/users/${uid}`);
        dispatch({ type: USERDATA_SUCCESS, data });
    } catch(error) {
        dispatch({ type: USERDATA_ERROR, error });
    }
}

// more actions...