Pagination vs Lazy Loading
Developers should use pagination when handling large datasets in applications, such as in e-commerce product listings, social media feeds, or search results, to prevent performance issues like slow load times and high memory usage meets developers should use lazy loading when building applications with large datasets, media-heavy content, or complex user interfaces to enhance performance and user experience. Here's our take.
Pagination
Developers should use pagination when handling large datasets in applications, such as in e-commerce product listings, social media feeds, or search results, to prevent performance issues like slow load times and high memory usage
Pagination
Nice PickDevelopers should use pagination when handling large datasets in applications, such as in e-commerce product listings, social media feeds, or search results, to prevent performance issues like slow load times and high memory usage
Pros
- +It is essential for APIs to support pagination to allow clients to efficiently retrieve data in chunks, reducing server load and network bandwidth
- +Related to: api-design, database-query-optimization
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
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
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
The Verdict
Use Pagination if: You want it is essential for apis to support pagination to allow clients to efficiently retrieve data in chunks, reducing server load and network bandwidth and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use Lazy Loading if: You prioritize 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 over what Pagination offers.
Developers should use pagination when handling large datasets in applications, such as in e-commerce product listings, social media feeds, or search results, to prevent performance issues like slow load times and high memory usage
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