Hi all,
I just started on React and Web Development.
I am developing a reusable component which is a popup list that will fetch data from the server and retrieve it so the user can choose one option (imagine a popup to choose a supplier from a list).
For now, I fetch the data from the server, load it in an array and pass it via props and it works fine. But I am worried with data volume.
If the amount of data is small there will be no problem.
But what if there is a big amount of data?
Should I load the array with that big amount with no worries?
Should I be fetching data in smaller pieces? If so, how should I do it?
You need to define what you think is big, and the context. Eg if there are thousands of entries but each entry is just a short string, no problem, if there are ten entries but each one is an enormous object maybe there’ll be an issue.
You need to check if there is an issue: run the app in production mode and give the component an increasingly large array, see if/when there’s an issue. Otherwise you’re just guessing and working blind.