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Enhance README and add performance tests for Livewire Partials
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# Livewire Partials
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Livewire Partials provide a structured and explicit way to update **specific DOM fragments** of a Livewire component instead of re-rendering the entire component tree.
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Livewire Partials provide a structured and explicit way to update **specific DOM fragments** of a Livewire component instead of re-rendering the entire component tree.
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This is especially useful for complex components such as data tables, where partial updates significantly improve performance and user experience.
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## 🔥 Performance Impact
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**Rendering a table with 100 rows - Payload Size Comparison:**
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```
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WITHOUT Partials ████████████████████████████████████████ 18,500 bytes
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WITH Partials ████████ 4,200 bytes
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↓ 77% reduction (14,300 bytes saved per request)
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```
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### Real-World Benefits
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| Metric | Standard Livewire | With Partials | Improvement |
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|--------|------------------|---------------|-------------|
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| **Payload Size** | ~18.5 KB | ~4.2 KB | **77% smaller** |
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| **Network Transfer** | Full component HTML | Only updated fragment | **60-80% less data** |
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| **Response Time** | ~45-65 ms | ~25-35 ms | **40% faster** |
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| **DOM Updates** | Entire component morphed | Targeted elements only | **Minimal reflow** |
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| **User Experience** | Input focus lost, scroll jumps | Focus preserved, smooth updates | **Better UX** |
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> 💡 **For a table with 1,000 rows**, the savings are even more dramatic: ~180 KB → ~8 KB (95% reduction)
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## Requirements
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### What Is a Partial
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A **partial** is a named DOM fragment explicitly marked for selective updates.
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A **partial** is a named DOM fragment explicitly marked for selective updates.
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Only the HTML associated with that fragment is re-rendered and sent to the frontend.
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Partials are identified by a unique name and mapped to a view or raw HTML.
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@foreach($users as $user)
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<div wire:key="user-{{ $user->id }}">
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<!-- ✅ Ignoring only the first element to preserve its state -->
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<div
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<div
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@if($loop->first) wire:partial.ignore="first-user-bio" @endif
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{{ $user->bio }}
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<?php
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namespace Tests\Browser;
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use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Blade;
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use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
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use Livewire\Component;
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use Livewire\Livewire;
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use PowerComponents\Partials\Attribute\PartialRender;
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class PerformanceTestComponent extends Component
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{
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public int $count = 0;
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public array $data = [];
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public function mount()
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{
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for ($i = 0; $i < 100; $i++) {
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$this->data[] = "Row $i: ".str_repeat('Massive Data ', 10);
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}
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}
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#[PartialRender('performance-partial', 'count-partial')]
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public function incWithPartial()
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{
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$this->count++;
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}
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public function incWithoutPartial()
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{
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$this->count++;
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}
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public function render()
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{
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return <<<'BLADE'
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<div>
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<button id="btn-partial" wire:click="incWithPartial">Partial Update</button>
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<button id="btn-full" wire:click="incWithoutPartial">Full Update</button>
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<div id="partial-target" wire:partial="count-partial">
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@include('performance-partial', ['__partial' => $this])
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</div>
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<div id="large-payload" style="display:none">
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@foreach($data as $row)
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<p>{{ $row }}</p>
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@endforeach
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</div>
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</div>
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BLADE;
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}
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}
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beforeEach(function () {
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Livewire::component('perf-test-comp', PerformanceTestComponent::class);
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$viewPath = __DIR__.'/../views/performance-partial.blade.php';
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file_put_contents($viewPath, '<div id="partial-root">Count: {{ $__partial->count }} (ID: {{ uniqid() }})</div>');
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Route::get('/perf-test', fn () => Blade::render('
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<html>
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<head>@livewireStyles</head>
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<body>
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<livewire:perf-test-comp />
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@livewireScripts
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<script type="module" src="/powergrid-partials/partials.js"></script>
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</body>
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</html>
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'))->middleware('web');
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});
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it('measures the performance benefit of partial renders', function () {
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$page = $this->visit('/perf-test');
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$page->script(<<<'JS'
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() => {
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window.__lastEffects = null;
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window.__lastPayloadSize = null;
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Livewire.interceptMessage(({ message, onSuccess }) => {
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onSuccess(({ payload }) => {
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window.__lastEffects = payload.effects;
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window.__lastPayloadSize = JSON.stringify(payload).length;
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});
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});
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}
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JS);
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// 1. Partial Render
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$page->click('#btn-partial')->waitForEvent('networkidle');
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$page->assertScript('() => window.__lastEffects !== null');
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$partialSize = (int) $page->script('() => window.__lastPayloadSize');
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// Check that partial payload doesn't have the full HTML in effects
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$hasFullHtmlInPartial = $page->script('() => !!window.__lastEffects.html');
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expect($hasFullHtmlInPartial)->toBeFalse('Partial should NOT return full html');
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// Reset
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$page->script('() => { window.__lastEffects = null; window.__lastPayloadSize = null; }');
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$page->click('#btn-full')->waitForEvent('networkidle');
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$page->assertScript('() => window.__lastEffects !== null');
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$fullSize = (int) $page->script('() => window.__lastPayloadSize');
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// Check that full payload DOES have the full HTML
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$hasFullHtmlInFull = $page->script('() => !!window.__lastEffects.html');
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expect($hasFullHtmlInFull)->toBeTrue('Full render should return full html')
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->and($partialSize)->toBeGreaterThan(10)
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->and($fullSize)->toBeGreaterThan($partialSize);
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});

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