

However, calling subscribe multiple times on the same Observable will cause the source Observable to be re-created over and over again and, hence, perform a request on each subscription. Because Observables are lazy by nature the request is only made when we call subscribe.

All of its APIs are Observable-based meaning that methods like get, post, put or delete return an Observable. In an Angular application, we typically perform HTTP requests through the HttpClient that comes with the HttpClientModule. Hence, it can be hard to actually translate an existing caching mechanism based on Promises to Observables, especially if you want that mechanism to be a little bit more advanced.
#React private cache how to
Most people have a good understanding on how to cache data with Promises but feel overwhelmed when it comes to functional reactive programming, due to its complexity (large API), fundamental shift in mindset (from imperative to declarative) and the multitude of concepts. MotivationĮvery now and then there’s this question popping up how to cache data in an Angular application that makes excessive use of Observables. In this post we’ll develop an advanced caching mechanism with RxJS and the tools provided by Angular.

In other words, when the content is cached closer to the consumer, say on the client side, requests don’t cause additional network activity and cached data can be retrieved much faster because we save on an entire network round trip. No matter what mechanism we use, a cache generally improves the responsiveness of our application, decreases network costs and has the advantage that content becomes available during network interruptions. To cache application data we usually use custom mechanisms. While Service Workers can also cache API requests, they are typically more useful for caching resources like images, HTML, JS or CSS files. Static assets are most commenly cached with the standard browser cache or Service Workers. There are several ways to cache data or assets. In fact, caching is one of the most efficient ways to improve the experience of our site, especially when our users are on bandwidth restricted devices or slow networks. To get an overview of practices that will help you boost the performance of your Angular applications, we highly recommend you to check out the Angular Performance Checklist by Minko Gechev. There are many things we can do to speed up our Angular applications like tree-shaking, AoT (ahead-of-time compilation), lazy loading modules or caching. When building web applications, performance should always be a top priority.
