Matheus Albuquerque breaks down what it really changes in modern web apps. Watch 👇 Continue the deep dive with Matheus Albuquerque at iJS London 2026: • React Internals & Advanced Performance Patterns: https://lnkd.in/dHwV2vi3 • Web Performance APIs: https://lnkd.in/dzsRraXt #JavaScript #WebPerformance #Frontend #DevMio #iJS #SoftwareEngineering
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Reducing Redundant API Calls in React One common mistake in React apps is calling the same API multiple times unnecessarily. This affects performance and user experience. Here are simple ways to avoid it: 1. Use proper dependency arrays in useEffect Avoid re-fetching on every render. 2. Cache data Reuse already fetched data instead of calling API again. 3. Use libraries like React Query They handle caching, refetching, and synchronization automatically. 4. Debounce user input Useful for search APIs to avoid multiple calls while typing. 5. Avoid duplicate calls across components Lift state up or use global state when needed. Reducing unnecessary API calls makes your app faster, cleaner, and more scalable. #reactjs #frontend #webdevelopment #performance #javascript
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Want your React app to feel faster? Try these three tiny wins you can ship today. 1. Memoize components (React.memo) Make components rerender only when their props change. Use React.memo and useMemo for expensive calculations. 2. Cache data Cache frequently fetched data so users see content instantly. Even a simple in-memory or local cache cuts repeated requests. 3. Use optimistic UI Show the new state immediately after an action, and roll back if it fails. Users perceive the app as much snappier. That’s it for today — small fixes, big perceived speed gains. Try one now and see the difference. #React #WebDev #Performance #JavaScript #Frontend #Optimization
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Your React folder structure is silently killing your productivity. Most devs start with this: /components /pages /utils It works at first. Then your app grows and everything becomes a mess. Here's the structure senior devs actually use: → /features (not /components) Group everything by feature — component, hook, styles, tests together. Find anything in seconds. → /components for truly shared UI only Buttons, inputs, modals — things used across the whole app. → /hooks for custom hooks Keep them close to where they're used when feature-specific. → /services for API calls Never call fetch() or axios directly inside components. → /store for state management Redux slices, Zustand stores — all in one place. → /types for TypeScript interfaces One source of truth for your data shapes. The rule is simple: Organize by FEATURE, not by file type. #React #JavaScript #Frontend #CleanCode #WebDevelopment #SoftwareEngineering #DevTips #MERN
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Every time a user types in a search bar, your app might be firing an API call. Now imagine someone typing "React hooks". Without optimization, your app could trigger 11 API requests — one for every keystroke. Most of those requests are unnecessary. This is one of the most common performance mistakes in frontend applications. The solution? Debouncing. Debouncing waits until the user stops typing before executing the expensive operation. The result: • Fewer API calls • Reduced server load • A smoother user experience I wrote a practical guide covering: • What debouncing actually does • How to build a reusable useDebounce hook • Debouncing callbacks • Using lodash/debounce in production • Debouncing vs throttling • Common implementation mistakes If you're building search inputs, filters, or autosave features in React, this pattern is extremely useful. Read the full article 👇 https://lnkd.in/gqyr7TS5 #React #JavaScript #Frontend #WebDevelopment #Performance
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Your Next.js app doesn't have a performance problem. It has a shipping-everything-to-the-client problem. I audited a production app last month. 400KB of JavaScript on the initial load. Half of it was component logic that never ran in the browser. The team had built everything in Next.js the "default" way—every component a client component, Redux hydrating state that the server already resolved. The fix wasn't a rewrite. It was surgical. Move data-fetching to Server Components. Drop client-side Redux for anything that doesn't need interactivity. Lazy-load the Three.js scene behind an Intersection Observer. Swap the animated hero from a React component to a GSAP-driven static markup block. Result: 400KB → 112KB. LCP dropped from 3.8s to 1.1s. Bounce rate on mobile fell 22% the following week. The business doesn't care about your architecture diagram. They care that users stay on the page long enough to convert. Performance is the feature nobody puts in the sprint, but it's the one that moves every metric that matters. Sometimes the best React code is the React code you don't ship to the browser.
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Most React apps start with a clean-looking structure: components/, hooks/, utils/, services/… …and then a few months later, every feature is scattered across 8 folders. That’s why I prefer feature-based folder structure for most real apps. Instead of organizing by file type, organize by business feature: features/auth features/products features/cart features/checkout Each feature can own its components, hooks, API calls, schemas, types, and tests. The biggest mistake to avoid: ❌ moving things to shared/ too early A lot of “shared” code is actually feature-coupled. Start inside the feature, then promote to shared/ only after real reuse appears. Rule of thumb: If a change touches one feature, your folder structure should make that obvious. #React #ReactJS #JavaScript #TypeScript #FrontendDevelopment #WebDevelopment #SoftwareArchitecture #FrontendArchitecture #CodeOrganization #CleanCode #SoftwareEngineering #DeveloperTips #ScalableApps #FolderStructure #ReactBestPractices
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⚛️ React Concept: Lazy Loading Components As React applications grow, the bundle size also grows. Loading everything at once can slow down the initial page load. That’s where Lazy Loading helps. 🧠 What Lazy Loading does Instead of loading all components upfront, React can load components only when they are needed. This technique is called code splitting. 🚀 Why it matters ⚡ Faster initial load 📦 Smaller bundle size 🎯 Better performance for large applications 💡 Real-world example Pages like: 📊 Dashboard ⚙️ Settings 🛠️ Admin Panel don’t need to load until the user navigates to them. Lazy loading ensures these parts of the app are downloaded only when required. 🧠 Simple idea Load only what the user needs now, and fetch the rest when it’s needed. #React #ReactJS #FrontendDevelopment #JavaScript #WebDevelopment #CodeSplitting #PerformanceOptimization #LearnInPublic #SoftwareEngineering
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5 Next.js mistakes that slow down your app (and confuse your team): 1. Adding "use client" to every component Server components exist for a reason. They're faster and ship less JavaScript. Only use client components when you need browser APIs or interactivity. 2. Still fetching data in useEffect Old React habit. In Next.js, fetch directly in server components. No loading state boilerplate. No client-side waterfall. 3. Fighting the cache instead of understanding it Next.js caches aggressively by default. If your data looks stale, it's probably cached. Learn how fetch cache, route cache, and router cache work - or spend hours debugging. 4. Exposing secrets in client components Only NEXT_PUBLIC_ env vars are meant for the browser. If you're using an API key in a client component, it's visible to anyone with dev tools. 5. Overusing API routes You don't need an API route to fetch data for your own app. Server components can fetch directly. Save API routes for webhooks and external integrations. Most of these are just unlearning old SPA patterns. Next.js works differently - lean into it. #WebDevelopment #NextJS #React #DevTips #BuildInPublic
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Most React apps are slow not because of React, but because of poor caching strategies. Many frontend apps re-download the same JS and CSS files every time a user visits, increasing load time and unnecessary server requests. A simple solution is static file caching. When a React app is built for production, it generates hashed files like: main.8a2f3.js Because the filename changes with every update, these assets can be safely cached in the browser using headers like: Cache-Control: max-age=31536000 The result? Faster page loads Reduced server load Better user experience Takeaway: Performance isn’t just about writing good React code - it’s also about how your application is delivered over the network. #ReactJS #FrontendDevelopment #WebPerformance #WebDev #JavaScript #WebOptimization #CodingTips #FrontendEngineering #ReactPerformance #TechTips
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😩 I used to HATE when my entire website just... went white. No error. No message. Just a blank screen staring back at me. I'd spend hours trying to figure out what went wrong — refreshing, console-diving, questioning my life choices. 😅 The worst part? One small bug was taking down the ENTIRE app. Not just one section. Everything. Then I discovered Error Boundaries in React — and it changed how I build apps forever. 🙌 Here's what it does in simple terms: Instead of letting one broken component crash your whole UI, Error Boundary catches the error and shows a friendly fallback message — while keeping the rest of your app running perfectly. ✅ <ErrorBoundary fallback={<p>Oops! Something went wrong here.</p>}> <MyUnpredictableComponent /> </ErrorBoundary> Now instead of a white screen of death 💀 — my users see a clean message, and everything else on the page still works. I now wrap Error Boundaries around: 🔹 Third-party components I don't fully control 🔹 Data-heavy sections that depend on APIs 🔹 Any experimental features in production 🔹 Dashboard widgets that load independently It's one of those things nobody really talks about — but once you use it, you wonder how you ever shipped without it. If you've ever stared at a blank white screen wondering what went wrong — this is your sign to add Error Boundaries to your project TODAY. 🚀 Have you used Error Boundaries before? Or did you also suffer the white screen curse? 😂 Tell me in the comments! #ReactJS #WebDevelopment #Frontend #JavaScript #ErrorBoundary #SoftwareEngineering #React #
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