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Hot Module Replacement vs Manual Refresh

Developers should use HMR when building modern web applications with tools like Webpack, Vite, or Parcel to enhance productivity by eliminating manual refreshes and maintaining state across updates meets developers should learn and implement manual refresh in applications where real-time data is not critical, to reduce server load and bandwidth usage, or to give users control over when updates occur. Here's our take.

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Hot Module Replacement

Developers should use HMR when building modern web applications with tools like Webpack, Vite, or Parcel to enhance productivity by eliminating manual refreshes and maintaining state across updates

Hot Module Replacement

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Developers should use HMR when building modern web applications with tools like Webpack, Vite, or Parcel to enhance productivity by eliminating manual refreshes and maintaining state across updates

Pros

  • +It is particularly valuable in complex applications where reloading would reset user interactions, such as forms, games, or real-time dashboards, allowing for rapid iteration and debugging without disrupting the workflow
  • +Related to: webpack, vite

Cons

  • -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Manual Refresh

Developers should learn and implement manual refresh in applications where real-time data is not critical, to reduce server load and bandwidth usage, or to give users control over when updates occur

Pros

  • +Common use cases include content-heavy websites (e
  • +Related to: automatic-refresh, caching

Cons

  • -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

Use Hot Module Replacement if: You want it is particularly valuable in complex applications where reloading would reset user interactions, such as forms, games, or real-time dashboards, allowing for rapid iteration and debugging without disrupting the workflow and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.

Use Manual Refresh if: You prioritize common use cases include content-heavy websites (e over what Hot Module Replacement offers.

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The Bottom Line
Hot Module Replacement wins

Developers should use HMR when building modern web applications with tools like Webpack, Vite, or Parcel to enhance productivity by eliminating manual refreshes and maintaining state across updates

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