Efficient React Native API Calls with Axios

Laravel 13 has officially landed, bringing a wave of exciting updates for developers! This release is all about stability and quality-of-life improvements, with a key highlight being the new Laravel AI SDK. Imagine seamless text generation and vector-store integrations right within your Laravel apps! Plus, it now requires PHP 8.3, pushing our development environments forward. What are you most excited to try first? #Laravel13 #PHP83 #AIDevelopment #WebDev #SoftwareEngineering #skpaul82

⚛ Best Way to Handle APIs in MERN + React Apps One challenge in MERN apps is managing API calls properly. Here’s what I follow: ✔ Create separate API service layer ✔ Use Axios instance with interceptors ✔ Handle loading & error states ✔ Centralized API handling ✔ Use Redux for global data This improves: 🚀 Performance 🚀 Code maintainability 🚀 User experience Clean API handling makes React apps scalable. #ReactJS #MERN #API #FrontendDevelopment

Modern React development is focused on performance visibility. And I found one interesting tool - React Scan https://react-scan.com/. It’s a lightweight tool that automatically detects performance issues in your React app — without requiring complex setup or deep profiling knowledge. It automatically tracks things like: - unnecessary re-renders - component update frequency  - inefficient component structures Example usage:  - CLI (no code changes) npx react-scan@latest http://localhost:3000 - Script tag <script crossOrigin="anonymous" src="//https://lnkd.in/evfJKd8f"></script>  - NPM integration npm install -D react-scan For modern React development — especially in complex apps — it’s a huge productivity boost. #react #frontend #webdev #performance #javascript #reactjs

Day4/30 || Angular 👉 “Your Angular app is slow… and this might be the reason 👇” Most Angular apps load everything upfront… and that’s exactly why they feel slow 👇 I worked on a project where initial load time was high because all modules were bundled together. 👉 The problem? Users had to download code they didn’t even need yet. ⸻ 💡 Here’s what helped: Lazy Loading Instead of loading everything at once, we load modules only when required. Typescript { path: 'dashboard', loadComponent: () => import('./dashboard/dashboard.component').then(c => c.DashboardComponent) } ——————————————————- 🚀 Real impact: Reduced bundle size + faster app startup in production ⸻ 👉 Takeaway: Lazy loading is not optional for large apps anymore. And Standalone APIs are making it even more powerful. ⸻ Are you still using NgModules or moved to Standalone yet? 🤔 #Angular #FrontendDevelopment #WebPerformance #JavaScript #SoftwareEngineering

💥 Most developers assume using useMemo and useCallback everywhere will automatically make a React app faster. Sounds logical: Memoize more → fewer re-renders → better performance. But in real-world apps, it often doesn’t work like that. I’ve seen this pattern quite often — developers start adding these hooks with good intent, but without actually measuring anything. • Wrapping functions with useCallback • Memoizing even simple values • Adding optimizations “just in case” And then… 🚨 No real performance improvement 🚨 Code becomes harder to read and maintain 🚨 Debugging gets more complicated 🚨 Sometimes performance even degrades 🧠 The important part: useMemo and useCallback are not free. They introduce overhead — memory usage, dependency comparisons, and extra complexity. ⚡ What actually works better: • Understanding why components re-render • Improving state structure • Splitting components smartly • Measuring performance using React DevTools 🔥 My take: React is already quite fast. Blindly adding memoization often creates more problems than it solves. 💡 Rule I follow: If I haven’t measured a real performance issue, I don’t reach for useMemo or useCallback. Curious — do you think these hooks are overused in most React apps? 🤔 #ReactJS #FrontendDevelopment #WebPerformance #JavaScript #SoftwareEngineering #ReactPerformance

Stop Crashing Your Node.js App — Handle Errors Properly Unhandled errors will kill your app. Here’s my pattern: 1. Async/Await with try/catch try { const data = await fetchData(); res.json(data); } catch (error) { console.error(error); res.status(500).json({ error: "Something went wrong" }); } 2. Global error handler app.use((err, req, res, next) => { console.error(err.stack); res.status(500).json({ error: "Server error" }); }); 3. Unhandled rejection listener javascript process.on("unhandledRejection", (reason, promise) => { console.error("Unhandled Rejection:", reason); }); What’s your error handling strategy? #NodeJS #ErrorHandling #BackendDeveloper #JavaScript #WebDev

🚀 **Struggling with slow React/Next.js apps? Here’s a game-changer: Code Splitting** Most apps fail at performance for one simple reason: 👉 They ship *everything* at once. 💡 **Code Splitting in Next.js** fixes this by loading only what’s needed, when it’s needed. ⚙️ **How it works:** * Each page gets its own JavaScript bundle * Users only download code for the page they visit * Shared code is optimized automatically 📦 **Want more control? Use dynamic imports:** ```js import dynamic from 'next/dynamic'; const HeavyComponent = dynamic(() => import('../components/HeavyComponent')); ``` ✨ This means: * Faster initial load ⚡ * Smaller bundle size 📉 * Better user experience 😌 🧠 **Real talk:** Performance isn’t just a “nice to have” anymore—it’s expected. If you're not optimizing your app, you're already behind. 💬 Are you using code splitting in your projects yet? #NextJS #ReactJS #WebPerformance #Frontend #JavaScript #Coding #BuildInPublic

Passage: A Lightweight API Proxy Gateway for Laravel Managing multiple APIs and external services can quickly become complex in modern Laravel applications. Passage offers a lightweight solution by acting as an API proxy gateway—helping you route, manage, and control API requests efficiently within your Laravel app. What Passage brings: • Centralized API request handling • Cleaner integration with third-party services • Improved security and request control • Simplified architecture for microservices Instead of scattering API logic across your codebase, Passage helps you keep everything structured, scalable, and maintainable. A smart tool for developers building API-driven Laravel applications. #Laravel #API #BackendDevelopment #PHP #Microservices #WebDevelopment #DeveloperTools #LaravelEcosystem