React Tutorial #13: Data Fetching with TanStack Query

In the previous tutorial, you built validated forms. Now let’s fetch data from APIs with TanStack Query v5 — the best data-fetching library for React. Why TanStack Query? You can fetch data with useEffect and useState. But that approach requires you to manually handle: Loading states Error states Caching (same data fetched multiple times) Background refetching when data is stale Synchronizing data between components TanStack Query handles all of this automatically. It’s sometimes called “React Query” — that was its old name before it became framework-agnostic. ...

July 29, 2026 · 6 min