'How to store custom sort order in a web app
I am developing a React Firebase web app, and I want to implement a "custom" sort on top of sorting by name and date. How should I go about storing this "sort" information?
Do developers append a "key" property to the components themselves? How will reordering work then (do i shift every component's key values by 1? That seems inefficient). Or should I do a separate file or database entry that just stores the order as an array of component id keys?
Should all of this be resorted on page load or should I reorganize the data in a way where as soon as I request them they're already sorted?
I've tried adding the order key prop to every item but it seems overly complicated for a simple feature. I haven't had much luck searching this online.
Solution 1:[1]
Firestore allows you to orderBy and limit queries.
You can also specify a cursor to paginate more data on request.
See This Example in the docs for more info.
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