feat: progressive dashboard loading

package.json

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
         "jest": "^23.6.0",
         "jsdoc": "^3.5.5",
         "lint-staged": "^7.0.0",
+        "lodash": "^4.17.11",
         "material-design-icons": "^3.0.1",
         "material-ui": "^0.20.0",
         "object-assign": "4.1.1",

src/__tests__/memoizeOne.spec.js

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import memoizeOne from '../modules/memoizeOne';
+
+describe('memoizeOne', () => {
+    it('Should return the same value when called twice with shallow-equal arguments', () => {
+        const object = { a: 0, b: 0 };
+        const fn = x => x.a + x.b;
+        const memoizedFn = memoizeOne(fn);
+
+        const val0 = memoizedFn(object);
+        expect(val0).toBe(0);
+        object.a = 1; // maintain shallow equality
+        expect(fn(object)).toBe(1);
+        const val1 = memoizedFn(object);
+        expect(val1).toBe(0);
+    });
+
+    it('Should forget the first value when called thrice', () => {
+        const object = { a: 0, b: 0 };
+        const memoizedFn = memoizeOne(x => x.a + x.b);
+
+        const val0 = memoizedFn(object);
+        expect(val0).toBe(0);
+        object.a = 1; // maintain shallow equality
+        const val1 = memoizedFn({ a: 42, b: 84 }); // This will bump val0 out of the cache
+        expect(val1).toBe(42 + 84);
+        const val2 = memoizedFn(object);
+        expect(val2).toBe(1);
+    });
+});

src/components/Item/ProgressiveLoadingContainer.js

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import React, { Component } from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import debounce from 'lodash/debounce';
+
+const defaultDebounceMs = 100;
+const defaultBufferPx = 0;
+const defaultInitialBufferFactor = 0.5;
+
+class ProgressiveLoadingContainer extends Component {
+    static propTypes = {
+        children: PropTypes.node.isRequired,
+        debounceMs: PropTypes.number,
+        bufferPx: PropTypes.number,
+        initialBufferFactor: PropTypes.number,
+    };
+    static defaultProps = {
+        debounceMs: defaultDebounceMs,
+        bufferPx: defaultBufferPx,
+        initialBufferFactor: defaultInitialBufferFactor,
+    };
+
+    state = {
+        shouldLoad: false,
+    };
+    containerRef = null;
+    shouldLoadHandler = null;
+
+    checkShouldLoad(customBufferPx) {
+        const bufferPx = customBufferPx || this.props.bufferPx;
+
+        if (!this.containerRef) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const rect = this.containerRef.getBoundingClientRect();
+        if (
+            rect.bottom > -bufferPx &&
+            rect.top < window.innerHeight + bufferPx
+        ) {
+            this.setState({
+                shouldLoad: true,
+            });
+
+            this.removeHandler();
+        }
+    }
+
+    registerHandler() {
+        this.shouldLoadHandler = debounce(
+            () => this.checkShouldLoad(),
+            this.props.debounceMs
+        );
+
+        window.addEventListener('scroll', this.shouldLoadHandler);
+    }
+    removeHandler() {
+        window.removeEventListener('scroll', this.shouldLoadHandler);
+    }
+
+    componentDidMount() {
+        this.registerHandler();
+
+        const initialBufferPx = this.props.initialBufferFactor
+            ? this.props.initialBufferFactor * window.innerHeight
+            : undefined;
+        this.checkShouldLoad(initialBufferPx);
+    }
+
+    componentWillUnmount() {
+        this.removeHandler();
+    }
+
+    render() {
+        const {
+            children,
+            debounceMs,
+            bufferPx,
+            initialBufferFactor,
+            ...props
+        } = this.props;
+        const { shouldLoad } = this.state;
+
+        return (
+            <div ref={ref => (this.containerRef = ref)} {...props}>
+                {shouldLoad && children}
+            </div>
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+export default ProgressiveLoadingContainer;

src/components/Item/VisualizationItem/Item.js

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ import VisualizationItemHeaderButtons from './ItemHeaderButtons';
 import DefaultPlugin from './DefaultPlugin';
 import { colors } from '../../../modules/colors';
 import ChartPlugin from 'data-visualizer-plugin';
+import ProgressiveLoadingContainer from '../ProgressiveLoadingContainer';
+import uniqueId from 'lodash/uniqueId';
+import memoizeOne from '../../../modules/memoizeOne';
 
 const styles = {
     icon: {
@@ -44,6 +47,8 @@ export class Item extends Component {
         showFooter: false,
     };
 
+    getUniqueKey = memoizeOne(filter => uniqueId());
+
     pluginCredentials = null;
 
     onToggleFooter = () => {
@@ -123,46 +128,30 @@ export class Item extends Component {
             />
         ) : null;
 
-    getPluginComponent = () => {
-        const { item } = this.props;
-        const elementId = getGridItemDomId(item.id);
-
+    getContentStyle = () => {
+        const { item, editMode } = this.props;
         const PADDING_BOTTOM = 4;
-        const contentStyle = !this.props.editMode
+        return !editMode
             ? {
                   height: item.originalHeight - HEADER_HEIGHT - PADDING_BOTTOM,
               }
             : null;
-
-        switch (item.type) {
-            case CHART: {
-                return (
-                    <div id={elementId} className="dashboard-item-content">
-                        <ChartPlugin
-                            config={this.props.visualization}
-                            filters={this.props.itemFilter}
-                            forDashboard={true}
-                            style={contentStyle}
-                        />
-                    </div>
-                );
-            }
-            default: {
-                return (
-                    <div
-                        id={elementId}
-                        className="dashboard-item-content"
-                        style={contentStyle}
-                    >
-                        <DefaultPlugin {...this.props} />
-                    </div>
-                );
-            }
-        }
     };
 
+    getPluginComponent = () =>
+        this.props.item.type === CHART ? (
+            <ChartPlugin
+                config={this.props.visualization}
+                filters={this.props.itemFilter}
+                forDashboard={true}
+                style={this.getContentStyle()}
+            />
+        ) : (
+            <DefaultPlugin {...this.props} />
+        );
+
     render() {
-        const { item, editMode } = this.props;
+        const { item, editMode, itemFilter } = this.props;
         const { showFooter } = this.state;
 
         return (
@@ -172,7 +161,18 @@ export class Item extends Component {
                     actionButtons={this.getActionButtons()}
                     editMode={editMode}
                 />
-                {this.getPluginComponent()}
+                <ProgressiveLoadingContainer
+                    id={getGridItemDomId(item.id)}
+                    key={
+                        this.getUniqueKey(
+                            itemFilter
+                        ) /* remount the progressive loader every time itemFilter changes */
+                    }
+                    className="dashboard-item-content"
+                    style={this.getContentStyle()}
+                >
+                    {this.getPluginComponent()}
+                </ProgressiveLoadingContainer>
                 {!editMode && showFooter ? <ItemFooter item={item} /> : null}
             </Fragment>
         );

src/components/ItemGrid/ItemGrid.css

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 /* dashboard item - content */
 
 .dashboard-item-content {
-    padding: 0 4px 4px;
+    margin: 0 4px 4px;
     overflow: auto;
 }
 

src/modules/memoizeOne.js

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Note that this ignores discrepancies in 'this', so shouldn't be used with bound functions
+// This is useful instead of lodash/memoize when we only need to memoize a single value
+// Inspiration: https://github.com/alexreardon/memoize-one
+
+const memoizeOne = fn => {
+    let lastArgs = undefined;
+    let lastValue = undefined;
+
+    return (...args) => {
+        if (
+            lastArgs &&
+            args.length === lastArgs.length &&
+            args.every((arg, i) => arg === lastArgs[i])
+        ) {
+            return lastValue;
+        }
+        lastArgs = args;
+        lastValue = fn(...args);
+        return lastValue;
+    };
+};
+
+export default memoizeOne;

yarn.lock

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