# React Patterns for Fetching, Storing, and Retrieving Data

DevFeed: [React Patterns for Fetching, Storing, and Retrieving Data](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/react-data-survival-kit-21879.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://ponyfoo.com/articles/react-data-survival-kit>)

Author: ryan.glover@cleverbeagle.com (Ryan Glover)

Published: 2019-06-03T12:20:42Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Pony Foo](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/pony-foo.md>)

Topics: [React](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/react.md>), [hooks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hooks.md>), [REST API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rest-api.md>), [Remote Procedure Call (RPC)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rpc.md>), [GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphql.md>)

Tags: [autosave](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/autosave.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>), [hooks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hooks.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [refs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/refs.md>), [rest-api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rest-api.md>), [rpc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rpc.md>), [state](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/state.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial on common React patterns for fetching, storing, and retrieving data. It emphasizes using simple approaches such as hooks, lifecycle methods, and local state, while noting that Redux or other architectures may be appropriate in some cases.

## Source excerpt

Handling data in React can be treacherous if you don't know your way around. Learn some common patterns for fetching, storing, and retrieving data in this guide to help you avoid messy code traps. React's flexibility means you can handle data in a lot of different ways. This guide will teach you patterns for fetching, storing, and retrieving data in React without the stress of maintaining a complex system. As part of my mentorship business, I have the unique opportunity to work with React daily across a wide range of projects. Teaching others how to build their own software products, I've come to find that most problems in React can be solved with some very simple techniques. While some cases may call for a full-blown architecture using something like Redux (or other fanciness), a lot of the time React's built-in lifecycle methods and local state do the trick. In my opinion, the mark of a really great developer is one who can solve a problem with as few moving parts as possible. While it can feel great to build a monument to engineering in the form of a complex system, often it's just overkill. In this tutorial, I'm going to share what I call my "data survival kit:" the most common patterns and hacks I use in my day-to-day work for managing data. By the time you finish, you'll have everything you need to build data-driven UIs that offer a polished user experience. Loading Data via Hooks As most folks are building "database apps," loading data is arguably one of the most common tasks to perform. Ultimately, where your data is coming from dictates your need for this. This pattern is best utilized in apps using a REST API or an RPC (remote procedure call) to fetch data. For example, if you're loading data via GraphQL, it's likely that you'll use this technique sparingly (e.g., when you need to fetch data programmatically as opposed to on page load), relying on tools like Apollo to load your data for you. import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react'; function Post