What Is React Query?

Discover why React Query is important for our Funbook app and how to install and configure React Query using QueryClient and QueryClientProvider for efficient data fetching.

First things first: let’s talk about the name of this library. In this chapter, we use the name React Query, it is also a commonly used name. However, the creator of React Query, Tanner Linsley, did some restructuring in 2022 in the open-source libraries that he owns and maintains. He created an umbrella name, TanStack, and placed a plethora of libraries under this name. And so, React Query became TanStack Query, as of React Query version 4.

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