Front-end Engineering Lab
Patterns

Lists & Performance

Handling massive amounts of data in the UI efficiently.

Why this section exists?

Rendering 10,000 items at once will freeze any browser. This section is about managing DOM scale.

The Core Problem

As data grows, the number of DOM elements increases, making scrolling laggy and consuming massive amounts of RAM.

Engineering Patterns:

  • Virtualization: Only rendering the items currently visible on the screen.
  • Event Management: Using Debouncing and Throttling to handle rapid user actions.
  • Off-main-thread processing: Sorting and filtering large arrays without freezing the UI.

Impact: Allows the application to scale infinitely without losing performance.

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