Lazy Loading vs Eager Loading
Developers should use lazy loading when building applications with large datasets, media-heavy content, or complex user interfaces to enhance performance and user experience meets developers should use eager loading when building applications that require efficient data retrieval for related entities, such as in web apis, reporting tools, or data-intensive dashboards. Here's our take.
Lazy Loading
Developers should use lazy loading when building applications with large datasets, media-heavy content, or complex user interfaces to enhance performance and user experience
Lazy Loading
Nice PickDevelopers should use lazy loading when building applications with large datasets, media-heavy content, or complex user interfaces to enhance performance and user experience
Pros
- +It is particularly useful in web development for loading images, videos, or JavaScript modules only when they become visible in the viewport, reducing bandwidth and speeding up page loads
- +Related to: code-splitting, dynamic-imports
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
Eager Loading
Developers should use eager loading when building applications that require efficient data retrieval for related entities, such as in web APIs, reporting tools, or data-intensive dashboards
Pros
- +It is particularly beneficial in scenarios where you know in advance that related data will be needed, such as displaying a list of blog posts with their comments or user profiles with associated orders
- +Related to: object-relational-mapping, database-optimization
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
Use Lazy Loading if: You want it is particularly useful in web development for loading images, videos, or javascript modules only when they become visible in the viewport, reducing bandwidth and speeding up page loads and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use Eager Loading if: You prioritize it is particularly beneficial in scenarios where you know in advance that related data will be needed, such as displaying a list of blog posts with their comments or user profiles with associated orders over what Lazy Loading offers.
Developers should use lazy loading when building applications with large datasets, media-heavy content, or complex user interfaces to enhance performance and user experience
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