Introduction / Hook
Imagine a ride-hailing dashboard with thousands of live requests per second — without the right front-end strategies, users won’t even wait one second!
In this post, I’ll share advanced techniques to improve performance, UX, and security in real-world projects, along with working code examples.
1️⃣ Performance & Speed Boost
Techniques:
Code Splitting + Dynamic Imports: Load only necessary components.
Lazy Loading Components & Images: Improve initial render speed.
Service Workers & Cache API: Offline-first experience.
Web Vitals (LCP, FID, CLS): Track real user experience.
Code Example: Dynamic Imports + Lazy Loading in Next.js
// components/HeavyChart.js import { LineChart } from 'recharts'; const HeavyChart = ({ data }) => <LineChart data={data} />; export default HeavyChart; // pages/dashboard.js import dynamic from 'next/dynamic'; const HeavyChart = dynamic(() => import('../components/HeavyChart'), { ssr: false, loading: () => <p>Loading chart...</p> }); export default function Dashboard({ data }) { return ( <div> <h1>Dashboard</h1> <HeavyChart data={data} /> </div> ); }
Result: Initial load is faster, heavy components load only when needed.
2️⃣ UX Enhancements
Techniques:
Skeleton Loading: Improve perceived speed.
Optimistic UI Updates: Use React Query or SWR for instant feedback.
Micro-Interactions: Framer Motion / Lottie for lively UI.
Code Example: Skeleton Loading & Optimistic UI
import { useQuery, useMutation, useQueryClient } from 'react-query'; import Skeleton from 'react-loading-skeleton'; export default function UserBalance() { const queryClient = useQueryClient(); const { data, isLoading } = useQuery('balance', fetchBalance); const mutation = useMutation(updateBalance, { onMutate: async (newBalance) => { await queryClient.cancelQueries('balance'); const previous = queryClient.getQueryData('balance'); queryClient.setQueryData('balance', newBalance); return { previous }; }, onError: (err, newBalance, context) => { queryClient.setQueryData('balance', context.previous); }, onSettled: () => { queryClient.invalidateQueries('balance'); }, }); if (isLoading) return <Skeleton height={30} width={100} />; return ( <div> <p>Balance: ${data}</p> <button onClick={() => mutation.mutate(data + 10)}>Add $10</button> </div> ); }
Result: Instant feedback for users; loading feels smooth.
3️⃣ Advanced Security in Front-End
Techniques:
Content Security Policy (CSP)
Subresource Integrity (SRI)
Secure HTTP Headers with Helmet.js
Input Sanitization before sending data to API
Code Example: Helmet + CSP in Next.js
// next.config.js const securityHeaders = [ { key: 'Content-Security-Policy', value: "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'; object-src 'none';" }, { key: 'X-Content-Type-Options', value: 'nosniff' }, { key: 'X-Frame-Options', value: 'DENY' }, ]; module.exports = { async headers() { return [ { source: '/(.*)', headers: securityHeaders, }, ]; }, };
Input Sanitization Example
import DOMPurify from 'dompurify'; const cleanInput = DOMPurify.sanitize(userInput);
Result: Reduced XSS and injection attack vectors.
4️⃣ Tools & Workflow
React Profiler & Lighthouse CI: Track performance continuously
Framer Motion & Lottie: Improve UI interactions
React Query / SWR: Efficient data fetching & caching
Helmet.js + CSP: Front-end security headers
What are your favorite front-end techniques to improve speed, UX, and security in real-time apps? Share tools, tricks, or code that actually works! 👇
github repo : https://github.com/ariansj01/frontend-performance-optimization/tree/master
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