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silverwindyesterday at 6:52 AM1 replyview on HN

Virtual DOM is a useless abstraction, there are numerous libs that perform fine without it.


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nine_kyesterday at 7:13 AM

It's a useful abstraction: you just build the full DOM with every change, a bit like a game engine. It makes so many things simpler.

It's not a free abstraction though.