React Suspense with the Fetch API
From the legend Dan Abramov himself, we receive such gems as “There is [no data fetching solution compatible with React Suspense] that exists yet,” and “[React Cache] will be the first one,” and “Suspense is limited to code splitting.”
If I have one thing to tell Daniel “Abra Cadabra” Abramov, besides how impressed I am with his work, it’s this:
Let’s reveal the magic behind the curtain that is React Suspense. For educational purposes, I’ll cover how I created this package.
Shut Up and Give Me the Package! 💰
If you’re just here for solutions, I don’t blame you. You can find fetch-suspense on NPM and the most extensive documentation of your life on the GitHub repository.
How Does Suspense Work? 🔮
A lot of the new React features are built into the React library, as opposed to being external packages, due to the performance benefits of being tightly coupled to the engine that powers React, known as React Fiber.
