Learn TanStack Query (server state management for React) from the ground up to production-grade: pre-requisites & environment setup, history, background & why you need it, core concepts & key architecture, setup & QueryClient, basic useQuery, query keys & caching, mutations, staleness & refetching, dependent & parallel queries, pagination & infinite queries, prefetching & data seeding, optimistic updates, persistence & offline, performance & cache tuning, SSR & framework integration, security & best practice, integration with state management, devtools & debugging, testing, framework adapters & core, the latest stable features of v5.x, production-ready architecture, all the way to alternative ecosystems & final reflection with a total of 23 episodes.
Before touching TanStack Query, you need to master modern JavaScript, React hooks, and the manual data fetching pattern. In this episode you also set up a React project with Vite, install @tanstack/react-query, and verify your first installation.

This episode traces the evolution of data fetching in React, from the manual useEffect plus fetch pattern to the birth of TanStack Query. You also understand the concept of server state that distinguishes it from client state, as well as this library's position in the data fetching ecosystem.

This episode builds your TanStack Query mental model: the difference between queries and mutations, the journey of a query key toward the cache, the concepts of observers, staleTime and gcTime, structural sharing, as well as the main components QueryClient, the provider, and the available hooks.

This episode teaches the first correct setup steps: creating a QueryClient with default options, wrapping the application with QueryClientProvider, and configuring global settings such as staleTime, retry, refetchOnWindowFocus, and gcTime.

This episode teaches the first and most important hook: useQuery. You create a query with queryKey and queryFn, read the data, isLoading, isError, error, and isFetching statuses, and learn the correct and safe query function pattern.

This episode unpacks query keys as cache identity: hierarchical arrays, keys with filter objects, and how query keys power deduplication and invalidation. You also understand structural sharing and how to avoid double fetches.

This episode teaches write operations with useMutation: the isPending and isError statuses, the onSuccess and onError callbacks, and the two cache synchronization patterns, invalidateQueries and setQueryData, after a successful mutation.

This episode explains the fresh versus stale concept, the difference between staleTime and gcTime, and all the automatic refetch mechanisms: refetchOnWindowFocus, refetchOnReconnect, refetchInterval for polling, and the manual refetch method.

This episode covers parallel queries with useQueries and query composition, as well as dependent queries that wait for another query's result via the enabled option. You learn the correct pattern for fetching interdependent data.

This episode teaches incremental data fetching: useInfiniteQuery with getNextPageParam for a Load More button, and simple page-number-based pagination with placeholderData and keepPreviousData to keep the UI smooth.
