React Query API Design: Lessons Learned
summary
React Query claims adoption in ~20% of React apps and traces concrete API decisions: it adds a new network mode in v4, replaces positional overloads so useQuery now uses option syntax, trims type definitions from 125→25 lines, removes per-query lifecycle callbacks and replaces a flawed refetchPage idea with a maxPages cache limit for infinite queries; versions and semver tradeoffs are debated and early beta testing proves critical because many breaking behaviors only show up when users try prereleases.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:33API design philosophy
- 10:08Major version pitfalls
- 10:24TypeScript and API design
- 12:27Managing feature demands
- 13:00Learning from mistakes
- 13:34Holistic API solutions
- 16:33Inversion of control
- 17:07Pragmatism and final thoughts
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