Optimize React Performance

How to improve React performance in production and avoid common mistakes

Trey Huffine
Level Up Coding
Published in
5 min readAug 12, 2017

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Did you know that using key={} incorrectly in a list can increase DOM operations by over 10x? React is known to be blazingly fast with its Virtual DOM implementation. However, even with React’s built-in performance, there are instances when the UI can begin to feel sluggish. The primary culprit for poor performance is generating too many renders and reconciliations. We’ll cover 4 techniques to help ensure that your app is optimized and offers a snappy user…

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