The starting point for anyone new to state machines in frontend development.

What You'll Lear

What is a state machine?

States, events, and transitions

Why booleans and useState fall short

Your first machine with XState

Reading Order

You are Writing UI State Wrong

States, Events, and Transitions, Demystified

Why State Machines Are a Game-Changer

Next Steps

Learning Path: Patterns

Content: Beginner

Related Pages

Community Glossary

Tooling

TODO

Add interactive machine builder exercise

Add video walkthrough

Add downloadable cheat sheet