In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about how to develop for slow internet connections.
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Show Notes
02:26 - Types of Slow connections
- Slow upload
- Slow download
- This could be that your kids are watching a show and your partner is on a zoom call
- High latency
- Intermittent
07:47 - Loading UI
- Show loading UI for everything, but after X seconds
- Page transitions on SPAs
- Form switches - enter country, get list of provinces/shipping/whatever
11:58 - Account for XHR failures
- Sometimes I’m in a loading state forever
- State machines will account for this
13:26 - “Still working” timeouts
- Some sort of timeout so the user can get feedback
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