We sit down with Dominik Dorfmeister, TanStack Query maintainer, to talk about the new updates in version 5, including benefits and enhancements in React Query, community feedback and roadmap changes, optimizing memory usage and data fetching in infinite queries, setting stale time on queries for memory optimization, and the future focus of TanStack Query v5.
TanStack Query is a library for asynchronous data fetching across different frameworks.
TanStack Query V5 introduces improvements like unified APIs and lower size, requiring React 18 and above.
Deep dives
Overview of Tanstack Query
Tanstack Query is a library that originated from the React sphere and is now agnostic, working with frameworks like Vue, Solid, Svelte, and potentially Angular. It serves as a state manager for asynchronous data fetching, making it easier to handle lifecycle and data distribution. It offers features like polling, paginated queries, and infinite scrolling to simplify common data fetching use cases.
Improvements in Tanstack Query V5
Tanstack Query V5 introduces several enhancements, including a 20% reduction in size compared to V4. The major improvement is the unification of APIs, replacing multiple arguments with a single object for smoother TypeScript integration and improved teaching. The new version also requires React 18 and above, allowing for better performance and removing backward compatibility overhead. Notable features include the query options API for streamlined query definitions and client interactions, experimental suspense options for seamless integration with React Server Components, simplified optimistic updates to render variables optimistically without manual cache updates, and the max pages option for infinite queries to optimize memory usage and reduce over-fetching.
Community Feedback and Future Development
The community response has been valuable in shaping the changes made in Tanstack Query V5. Open communication, early roadmaps, and feedback from users have been crucial. The development team prioritized addressing user concerns and listening to the community to ensure the changes made align with their needs. As for future developments, there is currently no specific roadmap for V6. Minor releases are expected to bring additional features, while major releases may happen in response to bug fixes or significant changes in the React ecosystem.
TanStack Query v5 is finally available and we sit down with Dominik Dorfmeister, TanStack Query maintainer, to talk about what TanStack Query is, what new updates have come with the new version, and more!
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