Performance Optimization in Storybook

1. Introduction

Storybook is a powerful tool for developing UI components in isolation. However, as projects grow, performance can degrade. This lesson covers techniques to optimize the performance of Storybook.

2. Understanding Performance

Performance in Storybook refers to the speed and efficiency with which components render. Factors affecting performance include:

• Component complexity
• Number of stories
• Asset sizes
• Rendering strategies

3. Best Practices for Performance Optimization

Implement the following best practices to enhance performance:

1. **Limit the number of stories**: Only include essential stories in your Storybook.
2. **Use memoization**: Memoize components that do expensive calculations or renders.
3. **Optimize assets**: Compress images and reduce file sizes.
4. **Utilize lazy loading**: Load components only when necessary.

4. Code Splitting

Code splitting allows you to split your code into smaller chunks, which can improve load times. Use dynamic imports to achieve this:

        // ComponentA.js
        const ComponentA = () => {
            // Component code
        };
        export default ComponentA;

        // LazyLoad.js
        import React, { Suspense, lazy } from 'react';

        const LazyComponentA = lazy(() => import('./ComponentA'));

        const LazyLoad = () => (
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