@stainless-code/react-memo

A utility library to simplify and enhance memoization for React functional components using React.memo.

Features

• Simplify memoization with React.memo.
• Fine-grained control over dependency-based re-renders.
• Support for one-time memoization where components never re-render.
• Fully type-safe with TypeScript.

Installation

npm

npm install @stainless-code/react-memo

yarn

yarn add @stainless-code/react-memo

pnpm

pnpm add @stainless-code/react-memo

bun

bun add @stainless-code/react-memo

Usage

Enhance your React components with precise memoization:

import { withMemo, withMemoOnce } from "@stainless-code/react-memo";
import React from "react";

const MyComponent: React.FC<{ value: number; onClick: () => void }> = ({
  value,
  onClick,
}) => <button onClick={onClick}>{value}</button>;

// Memoize based on specific dependencies
const MemoizedComponent = withMemo(MyComponent, ["value"]);

// Memoize the component to never re-render
const MemoizedOnceComponent = withMemoOnce(MyComponent);

export default function App() {
  return (
    <>
      <MemoizedComponent value={10} onClick={() => console.log("Clicked!")} />
      <MemoizedOnceComponent
        value={20}
        onClick={() => console.log("Clicked again!")}
      />
    </>
  );
}

Typesafety

Example: Type Mismatch (Fails)

If the dependencyProps contain keys that don't exist on the component's props, TypeScript will throw an error:

import { withMemo } from "@stainless-code/react-memo";
import React from "react";

const MyComponent: React.FC<{ value: number; onClick: () => void }> = ({
  value,
  onClick,
}) => <button onClick={onClick}>{value}</button>;

// ❌ TypeScript Error: "nonExistentProp" does not exist on the props of MyComponent.
const MemoizedComponent = withMemo(MyComponent, ["value", "nonExistentProp"]);

export default MemoizedComponent;

Example: Type Match (Succeeds)

If the dependencyProps accurately reflect the keys of the component's props, TypeScript ensures everything works smoothly:

import { withMemo } from "@stainless-code/react-memo";
import React from "react";

const MyComponent: React.FC<{ value: number; onClick: () => void }> = ({
  value,
  onClick,
}) => <button onClick={onClick}>{value}</button>;

// ✅ TypeScript passes: "value" and "onClick" are valid props for MyComponent.
const MemoizedComponent = withMemo(MyComponent, ["value", "onClick"]);

export default MemoizedComponent;

API

withMemo

Enhance a functional component with memoization, allowing re-renders only when specific dependencies or props change.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
Component	React.FC<T>	Required	The React functional component to memoize.
dependencyProps?	(keyof T)[]	undefined	An array of prop names to check for changes. If omitted, all props are compared.

Returns a React.MemoExoticComponent that wraps the input component.

withMemoOnce

Memoize a functional component such that it never re-renders, regardless of prop changes.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
Component	React.FC<T>	Required	The React functional component to memoize.

Returns a React.MemoExoticComponent that wraps the input component.

Contributing

Feel free to submit issues or pull requests to improve the library. Every bit of help is appreciated. 💖

Read the contribution guidelines.

License

MIT