Chapter 6 Reference 41

API Calling Is to Sync Engines as jQuery Is to React

Conrad Hofmeyr

2024 powersync.com

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API Calling Is To Sync Engines As jQuery Is To React

Moving from API calling to sync engines is a very similar shift as moving from jQuery to React was: by going from an imperative to a declarative system where much complexity is abstracted away, we can take away a world of pain.

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