Lesson 2.110mAdvanced6.3k students
When memo actually helps
memo skips a re-render when props are shallow-equal. It costs a comparison on every render, so applying it everywhere makes things slower, not faster.
This lesson sits in Rendering Optimization, part of React Performance Engineering. It assumes what came before it and leads directly into the next lesson in the module.
In this lesson you will
- Apply memo to expensive subtrees with stable props
- Understand shallow comparison and why objects defeat it
- Recognise when restructuring beats memoising
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