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Shariq Ahmed
Shariq Ahmed

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Want to Add a Minimalist Touch to Your Web? 

Remix

If you're looking to add a minimalist touch to your web, use Remix - a full-stack web framework released in October 2021. It is built on the web fetch API and runs brilliantly on Cloudflare Workers. And since Remix uses nested routes, it has a powerful routing system. Using Remix, you can create websites with a fast user experience. 

Also, even if there's some loading happening while you're developing a web in Remix, it doesn't just leave you hanging. It tells you that loading is occurring as you navigate from page to page. Also, these page-to-page transitions can also be made smoother using Remix. 

Issues with loading are resolved since Remix provides fast navigation within the app. It smoothly loads a single page without sacrificing server-side rendering capabilities. If you've been grappling with state management while working in React, say goodbye to this problem. In Remix, there's no need to manage state; all states are in one place! The good news? Errors are displayed in the app. If you integrate this with nested routes, you can pinpoint the exact location of the error. In other words, error handling is built into Remix.

What does Remix do differently? Well, most web apps fetch inside components, leading to request waterfalls, loading errors, and jank. However, Remix loads data in parallel on the server, producing a complete HTML document. It's faster and jank-free. Another reason behind its speed is that it prefetches everything on the page in parallel before the user even clicks a link - data, modules, CSS, and more. Sure, React is fast and helps load data, but does it aid in updating data? No. The good news is Remix excels at this. If you're creating a web application with a substantial amount of data, Remix is the way to go. It also provides necessary data to the server during mutation, eliminating the need for you to wait for indicators to load.

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