react/scripts/error-codes
Andrew Clark 8da0da0937
Disable timeoutMs argument (#19703)
* Remove distinction between long, short transitions

We're removing the `timeoutMs` option, so there's no longer any
distinction between "short" and "long" transitions. They're all treated
the same.

This commit doesn't remove `timeoutMs` yet, only combines the internal
priority levels.

* Disable `timeoutMs` argument

tl;dr
-----

- We're removing the `timeoutMs` argument from `useTransition`.
- Transitions will either immediately switch to a skeleton/placeholder
  view (when loading new content) or wait indefinitely until the data
  resolves (when refreshing stale content).
- This commit disables the `timeoutMS` so that the API has the desired
  semantics. It doesn't yet update the types or migrate all the test
  callers. I'll do those steps in follow-up PRs.

Motivation
----------

Currently, transitions initiated by `startTransition` / `useTransition`
accept a `timeoutMs` option. You can use this to control the maximum
amount of time that a transition is allowed to delay before we give up
and show a placeholder.

What we've discovered is that, in practice, every transition falls into
one of two categories: a **load** or a **refresh**:

- **Loading a new screen**: show the next screen as soon as possible,
  even if the data hasn't finished loading. Use a skeleton/placeholder
  UI to show progress.
- **Refreshing a screen that's already visible**: keep showing the
  current screen indefinitely, for as long as it takes to load the fresh
  data, even if the current data is stale. Use a pending state (and
  maybe a busy indicator) to show progress.

In other words, transitions should either *delay indefinitely* (for a
refresh) or they should show a placeholder *instantly* (for a load).
There's not much use for transitions that are delayed for a
small-but-noticeable amount of time.

So, the plan is to remove the `timeoutMs` option. Instead, we'll assign
an effective timeout of `0` for loads, and `Infinity` for refreshes.

The mechanism for distinguishing a load from a refresh already exists in
the current model. If a component suspends, and the nearest Suspense
boundary hasn't already mounted, we treat that as a load, because
there's nothing on the screen. However, if the nearest boundary is
mounted, we treat that as a refresh, since it's already showing content.

If you need to fix a transition to be treated as a load instead of a
refresh, or vice versa, the solution will involve rearranging the
location of your Suspense boundaries. It may also involve adding a key.

We're still working on proper documentation for these patterns. In the
meantime, please reach out to us if you run into problems that you're
unsure how to fix.

We will remove `timeoutMs` from `useDeferredValue`, too, and apply the
same load versus refresh semantics to the update that spawns the
deferred value.

Note that there are other types of delays that are not related to
transitions; for example, we will still throttle the appearance of
nested placeholders (we refer to this as the placeholder "train model"),
and we may still apply a Just Noticeable Difference heuristic (JND) in
some cases. These aren't going anywhere. (Well, the JND heuristic might
but for different reasons than those discussed above.)
2020-08-26 14:35:13 -07:00
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__tests__ Fix spelling errors and typos (#19138) 2020-06-15 19:59:44 -04:00
codes.json Disable timeoutMs argument (#19703) 2020-08-26 14:35:13 -07:00
extract-errors.js Use babel parser rather than Babylon in extract errors (#17988) 2020-02-06 12:46:32 +00:00
invertObject.js Drop the year from Facebook copyright headers and the LICENSE file. (#13593) 2018-09-07 15:11:23 -07:00
README.md Fix link on error-codes/README.md (#16595) 2019-08-28 15:49:45 +01:00
transform-error-messages.js Pass prod error messages directly to constructor (#17063) 2019-10-11 09:10:40 -07:00
Types.js Update Flow to 0.84 (#17805) 2020-01-09 14:50:44 +00:00

The error code system substitutes React's error messages with error IDs to provide a better debugging support in production. Check out the blog post here.

  • codes.json contains the mapping from IDs to error messages. This file is generated by the Gulp plugin and is used by both the Babel plugin and the error decoder page in our documentation. This file is append-only, which means an existing code in the file will never be changed/removed.
  • extract-errors.js is an node script that traverses our codebase and updates codes.json. You can test it by running yarn extract-errors.
  • transform-error-messages is a Babel pass that rewrites error messages to IDs for a production (minified) build.