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Miracle Onyenma
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4072
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Summary

When building applications with extensive data lists, such as news feeds or chat messages, infinite scrolling is a technique that dynamically loads additional content as users continue to scroll, providing a seamless experience. This approach necessitates pagination, particularly in GraphQL APIs, to manage data efficiently by dividing items into smaller, loadable parts. The text explores various pagination methods in GraphQL, including offset-based, cursor-based, and ID-based techniques, while highlighting that cursor-based pagination is the most robust against data changes. Infinite scrolling can be implemented through scroll event handlers or the Intersection Observer API, both of which help automatically load new content as users reach the end of the current view. A Vue application example demonstrates connecting to a GraphQL API and implementing infinite scrolling using these methods, emphasizing the importance of choosing the right approach to manage large data volumes effectively.