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Scalability in React

To build scalable and maintainable React applications, certain strategies should be followed to handle growing complexity and large applications.

🧠 Use Functional Components:

Functional components are generally preferred over class components because they are easier to write, test, and maintain.

🧠 Leverage React Hooks:

  • Hooks like useState, useEffect, and useContext provide a cleaner and more modular approach to managing state and side effects.

🧠 Code Splitting and Lazy Loading:

React supports code splitting and lazy loading of components to ensure that only the required code is loaded on demand, improving the initial load time.

  • React.lazy(): Dynamically imports components.
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1import React, { lazy } from 'react';
2const LazyComponent = lazy(() => import('./LazyComponent'));

🧠 State Management Libraries:

For larger applications, use libraries like Redux or the Context API to handle global state and manage interactions across multiple components.

In short:

For scalable React apps, prefer functional components, use hooks, implement code splitting, and leverage state management libraries for better maintainability.