Sleipnir | BDD-style framework for Swift | iOS library

We had a project like this which had too much API with heavy object data. Some of tips we used are these:

1-Arrays instead of Objects

With a bit searching and reading about these data structures, you'll find that the memory consumed by objects is more than the memory used by Arrays. So convert your Array of objects to array of arrays in server side.

2-Use one more level cache

Store data in a server side cache, something like MongoDb and Redis. Handle requests with these steps:

1. Check the browser cache. If data is available and up-to-date, use this data.

2. If data is not available in browser, send request to server. Check the server side cache. If data is available and up-to-date, Send this data to client and store it in cache and also use it.

3. If data is not available in server cache, Send request to API and get data, Store it in server cache, and then sent it back to client and store it in cache and also use it.

3-Send minimum data required by client each time

A client may not stay in a page and see all data shown. Prepare minimum data you need for each page and if client request, bring the others.

For your case, instead of 10,000 product, Just prepare 1000 of them for example and if client needs more, prepare more data, append to your client cache and show it.

If all 10,000 products are required by client, prepare them in several requests.

Read more here

4-Cache data in browser with good module and in correct way for reading data again

There are some modules prepared for AngularJs. Read about them, their standards and best practices. This is so important to have a good client cache.

ngStorage

Hope these tips help you.