Managing Large Lists in Phoenix LiveView with Streams
Learn how to use Phoenix LiveView Streams to handle large data collections without exhausting server memory or slowing down WebSocket updates.
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Learn how to use Phoenix LiveView Streams to handle large data collections without exhausting server memory or slowing down WebSocket updates.
Phoenix LiveView keeps UI state on the server and pushes DOM diffs over WebSockets. Learn how the mount-to-assigns loop works, where memory and latency limits appear, and how to verify the behavior in your app.
Decision guide for building a real-time Phoenix dashboard: compare LiveView server rendered versus REST API plus SPA, with trade-offs, constraints, and a concrete LiveView sketch for validation.
Phoenix LiveView patches the DOM over a WebSocket connection instead of reloading the page, and patched content is not announced to assistive technology on its own. Documented guidance puts that burden on authors: mark dynamic regions with aria-live , as the generated core_components.ex flash component already does, and reach for phx-hook when declarative bi