Batch on animation frame

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Why should React batch using requestAnimationFrame by default? — Sophie Alpert, Jul 21 '14 at 18:19
I would guess because that would batch (reduce diff counts) as many operations as possible while still giving full framerate. — ronag, Jul 21 '14 at 18:35
Note sure if that would give a performance increase. However, if not, I would like to understand why? — ronag, Jul 21 '14 at 18:36

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 21 '14 at 21:27

There's a repo that will do that for you react-raf-batching.

In the Readme, Pete Hunt claims that using requestAnimationFrame makes things harder to test.

A batching strategy for React that's more like a game. This may make your apps more performant but harder to test.

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