This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Golam Mostafa
đ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āϞāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ utility: React Query
React Query use āĻāϰāϞ⧠API fetch, cache, update āϏāĻŦ āϏāĻšāĻāĨ¤ RTK Query āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠complex scenario-āĻ clumsy āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
đ API Fetching āϏāĻšāĻ
const { data, isLoading, error } = useQuery(['todos'], fetchTodos)
āĻļā§āϧ⧠useQuery āĻŦāĻž useMutation call āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Background-āĻ fetch, retry, error handling autoāĨ¤
RTK Query: Multiple queries āĻŦāĻž complex retry verboseāĨ¤
đ Caching & Stale Data
const { data } = useQuery(['projects', page], fetchProjects, {
staleTime: 5000,
keepPreviousData: true
})
Flicker āĻāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧ, pagination smoothāĨ¤
RTK Query: Cache Redux store-āĻ â File, FormData, Date support āύā§āĻāĨ¤
đ Updating & Mutations
const mutation = useMutation(updateTodo, {
onSuccess: () => queryClient.invalidateQueries(['todos'])
})
onSuccess, onError, onSettled āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ cache automatically invalidateāĨ¤
RTK Query: Tag system use āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻāĻāĻā§ verboseāĨ¤
đ Offline / Window Focus Handling
-
refetchOnWindowFocus
â user active āĻāϰāϞ⧠fresh dataāĨ¤ - Retry automatically network fail āĻšāϞā§āĨ¤
RTK Query: Manual setup āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϰāĨ¤
đ File Uploads & Non-serializable Data
React Query supports File, FormData direct useāĨ¤
RTK Query: â serializable restriction â trickyāĨ¤
đ Multiple Queries & Dependent Queries
const { data: user } = useQuery(['user', userId], getUser)
const { data: projects } = useQuery(
['projects', user?.id],
getProjects,
{ enabled: !!user?.id }
)
āĻāĻāϏāĻžāĻĨā§ multiple query handle āĻāϰāĻž āϏāĻšāĻāĨ¤
RTK Query: conditional skip āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧ â āĻāĻŽ intuitiveāĨ¤
đ API Error Handling & Conditional Invalidate
useMutation(updateData, {
onSuccess: () => queryClient.invalidateQueries(['todos']),
onSettled: () => queryClient.invalidateQueries(['todos']) // success/error āĻāĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻ
})
Default: error āĻšāϞ⧠invalidate āĻšāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻžāĻāϞ⧠onSettled use āĻāϰ⧠success āĻŦāĻž error āĻāĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻ invalidate āĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
RTK Query: conditional invalidate āĻāϰāϤ⧠extra code āϞāĻžāĻā§ â beginner-unfriendlyāĨ¤
đ Optimistic Updates
useMutation(updateTodo, {
onMutate: async (newTodo) => {
await queryClient.cancelQueries(['todos'])
const previousTodos = queryClient.getQueryData(['todos'])
queryClient.setQueryData(['todos'], old => [...old, newTodo])
return { previousTodos }
},
onError: (err, newTodo, context) => {
queryClient.setQueryData(['todos'], context.previousTodos)
}
})
UI instantly update, error āĻšāϞ⧠rollbackāĨ¤
RTK Query: onQueryStarted + updateQueryData â more complexāĨ¤
đ Infinite Queries (Infinite Scroll)
const { data, fetchNextPage, hasNextPage } = useInfiniteQuery(
['projects'],
fetchProjects,
{ getNextPageParam: (lastPage) => lastPage.nextCursor }
)
Next page automatic trackāĨ¤
RTK Query: Manual setup āĻŦāĻž complex patternāĨ¤
â Awesome Devtools
React Query devtools āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϏāĻŦ status (fetching, stale, active, etc.) āĻĻā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦā§āύāĨ¤ Debugging āĻ āύā§āĻ āϏāĻšāĻāĨ¤
đĄ Conclusion:
I have used both RTK and React Query. But find that React Query is much simpler than RTK đ.
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Golam Mostafa

Golam Mostafa | Sciencx (2025-10-08T04:29:29+00:00) I state “You will love it – React Query”.. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2025/10/08/i-state-you-will-love-it-react-query/
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