> For instance you need a separate "GetListOfUsersAndDetailsOfFirstUser()" (or more general "getEverythingForPageX" calls). You can't do "GetListOfUsers()" and "GetUserDetail()" separately.
This is literally a core use case of GraphQL. But you probably also want to fan out to preload all of the other user data in one API call: that's the whole point of doing it on the client. If you are trimming the handful of kilobytes on the first request, you're paying the price for that on each subsequent load.
> I know react can do it, but does anyone other than facebook actually do that?
Yes. Every job I've worked at professionally since 2016 (when this became mainstream) has done this. I do it in my side hustle. It's really not that hard.
> 2. get resources (js/jpg/movies/gifs/favicon/...) from server (1 roundtrip)
> Yes. Every job I've worked at professionally since 2016 (when this became mainstream) has done this. I do it in my side hustle. It's really not that hard.
Can you link to a tutorial for this? I'd be most interested.
This is literally a core use case of GraphQL. But you probably also want to fan out to preload all of the other user data in one API call: that's the whole point of doing it on the client. If you are trimming the handful of kilobytes on the first request, you're paying the price for that on each subsequent load.
> I know react can do it, but does anyone other than facebook actually do that?
Yes. Every job I've worked at professionally since 2016 (when this became mainstream) has done this. I do it in my side hustle. It's really not that hard.
> 2. get resources (js/jpg/movies/gifs/favicon/...) from server (1 roundtrip)
This doesn't go away with traditional sites.