GT View Optimization

[seandenigris]

I'm feeling like I need to optimize some of my views. There are two scenarios where I'm not sure how:

1. When I only want to show a view tab if there is something to show, but the calculation of the collection is expensive, I end up doing it twice. I tried cacheing the result and reusing it for the view's items, but then there's no way to update the view later.
2. I have some Python code that determines whether a view should be shown.

Thinking through some workarounds, I was wondering:

• can Python code be run in the background without blocking?
• can a view close its own tab?
• can a view alter its tab, like changing the label on the fly?
• can the async stuff help me here?
• can a view change its own priority based on new information not available during initial creation?

[seandenigris]

2022-08-23 - Asked on GT Discord