How do you solve performance corner cases while using context?

The context uses reference identity to determine when to re-render, there are some gotchas that could trigger unintentional renders in consumers when a provider’s parent re-renders.

For example, the code below will re-render all consumers every time the Provider re-renders because a new object is always created for value.

class App extends React.Component {
render() {
return (
<Provider value={{ something: 'something' }}>
<Toolbar />
</Provider>
);
}
}

This can be solved by lifting up the value to parent state,

class App extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
value: { something: 'something' },
};
}
render() {
return (
<Provider value={this.state.value}>
<Toolbar />
</Provider>
);
}
}

April 27, 2022
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