Using useMemo to improve performance
The useMemo
Hook is part of the core APIs in React geared toward improving the performance of React applications. It uses a technique known in software development as memoization.
This is an optimization technique used to enhance the performance of software by keeping in memory the results of resource-intensive computation function calls and sending back the cached output when the same inputs are used subsequently. So, why is useMemo
important in React application development? useMemo
solves two performance problems for a React developer.
Prevents unnecessary component re-rendering
It memoizes the return value of a function for computations that consume a lot of resources by sending back a cached function result upon subsequent requests without a state update.
Let’s dive into a use case for useMemo
to better understand how it can be used in React. This snippet shows how a component re-renders on every character search. With a...