Exploring “unhappy paths”
When it comes to UI development, our primary focus is often on the “happy path” – the optimal user journey where everything goes as planned. However, neglecting the “unhappy paths” can make your UI far more complicated than you might initially think. Here are some scenarios that could lead to unhappy paths and consequently complicate your UI development efforts.
Errors thrown from other components
Imagine that you’re using a third-party component or even another team’s component within your application. If that component throws an error, it could potentially break your UI or lead to unexpected behaviors that you have to account for. This can involve adding conditional logic or error boundaries to handle these errors gracefully, making your UI more complex than initially anticipated.
For example, in a MenuItem component that renders an item’s data, let’s see what happens when...
