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Optimizing Large-Scale Forms for Performance

Illustrate techniques such as memoization and lazy loading in the context of a large form managed by TanStack Form and TypeScript, focusing on maintaining high performance and efficient state updates.
import { useMemo } from 'react';
import { useFieldArray, useForm } from '@tanstack/react-form';

export default function MyLargeForm() {
  const form = useForm({
    // Initial form state here
    defaultValues: { fields: [] },
  });

  // Use memoization to prevent unnecessary re-renders
  const fields = useFieldArray({
    control: form.control,
    name: 'fields',
  });

  return (
    // Form JSX goes here
  );
}
This code initializes a form using TanStack Form and a field array for managing dynamic fields. It leverages useMemo for memoization to ensure components using fields array only re-render when necessary, enhancing performance for large forms.
import React, { lazy, Suspense } from 'react';

// Lazy load a large form section or component
const LazyFormSection = lazy(() => import('./LazyFormSection'));

function MyForm() {
  return (
    <Suspense fallback={<div>Loading...</div>}>
      <LazyFormSection />
    </Suspense>
  );
}
This snippet demonstrates lazy loading a form section or component using React's lazy and Suspense. This technique helps in splitting the form into smaller chunks, which are loaded only when needed, thus improving the initial load time and performance of large-scale forms.