Maquette – Pure and simple virtual DOM library

Re:Maquette – Pure and simple virtual DOM library by dimgl on Monday August 29, 2016 @06:17PM (#12385899)

I find the virtual DOM is much easier to create using regular HTML syntax. I like Vue 2.0's approach where it creates a virtual DOM from the actual DOM itself.

Edit: I left a huge comment regarding POJOs and how the example on the homepage is pretty ugly, but I just found out that there's something called Hyperscript, and it's used to create a virtual DOM. So, while the example is in Hyperscript, Maquette also supports JSX.

I still don't understand the point of all of this I guess. Isn't it time we as JavaScript devs took a step back and thought "why do we need this?"

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Maquette – Pure and simple virtual DOM library by nine_k on Monday August 29, 2016 @10:38PM (#12387087)

> «why do we need this?»

Obviously, because real DOM is (1) slow and prone to hard-to-predict reflows, (2) non-transactional, and (3) not going to change, due to backwards compatibility.

Thus the need to operate on a fast, cheap virtual DOM, and then apply the smallest sufficient change to the real DOM the users see.

[ Parent | on HN ]