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RTK Query: Introduction

RTK Query: Introduction

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RTK Query: Introduction

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Welcome to lesson no.7 of this course. In this lesson, we are going to learn about the RTK query for data fetching and caching. Let's understand what RTK Redux Toolkit query actually is. It's a powerful data fetching and caching tool inside the Redux Toolkit library. So you don't have to install anything additional. It comes under the Redux Toolkit library itself. It removes the boilerplate load. It removes the boilerplate code. That means you don't have to manually use thunk and define loading or error states. It can handle this for you. It generates hooks automatically for whatever queries and mutations you are going to write. So basically in RTK query, we write different endpoint details and the routes that actually get data are queries and the routes that mutates data or updates data is going to be called mutations. As soon as you define the endpoints, you get the hooks automatically. You can think of it as a smart waiter who is going to remember your order and the next time you…

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