mapStateToProps is a function that you would use to provide the store data to your component, whereas mapDispatchToProps is something that you will use to provide the action creators as props to your component.
According to the docs:
If
mapStateToPropsargument is specified, the new component will
subscribe to Redux store updates. This means that any time the store
is updated,mapStateToPropswill be called. The results of
mapStateToPropsmust be a plain object, which will be merged into
the component’s props.With
mapDispatchToPropsevery action creator wrapped into a dispatch
call so they may be invoked directly, will be merged into the
component’s props.
A simple example would be
function mapStateToProps(state) {
return { todos: state.todos }
}
function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch) {
return { addTodo: bindActionCreators(addTodo, dispatch) }
}
export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(Todos);