Tan Stack Query Introduction

TanStack Query (React Query) Introduction — 2025

TanStack Query is a powerful data-fetching and state management library for React. It handles caching, background sync, refetching, and more—without the need for complex state logic.

🧠 Why Use TanStack Query?

  • Caching built-in
  • Automatic refetching
  • Background data syncing
  • Pagination & Infinite scrolling
  • Devtools for debugging
  • Simplifies useEffect + useState logic

🔧 Installation

npm install @tanstack/react-query

📦 Basic Setup

import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from '@tanstack/react-query';

const queryClient = new QueryClient();

function App() {
  return (
    
      
    
  );
}

🚀 Fetch Data with useQuery

import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
import axios from 'axios';

function MyComponent() {
  const { data, isLoading, error } = useQuery({
    queryKey: ['users'],
    queryFn: () => axios.get('https://api.example.com/users').then(res => res.data)
  });

  if (isLoading) return 

Loading...

; if (error) return

Something went wrong

; return (
    {data.map(user => (
  • {user.name}
  • ))}
); }

✅ Features Covered in This Example

  • queryKey: Unique key to identify the query
  • queryFn: The data-fetching function
  • Automatic caching and background updates
  • Handles loading and error states

📘 Summary

TanStack Query is a great tool when you:

  • Fetch data frequently from APIs
  • Need automatic updates & syncing
  • Want clean, maintainable code
Let me know if you want to continue with CRUD, Pagination, or Devtools using TanStack Query.