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Re:Modern Javascript: Everything you missed over the last 10... by antris on Saturday May 15, 2021 @07:59PM (#27170046)
I suppose. It just feels weird that the post was highlighting hooks and context, while VDOM was omitted. VDOM was easily the biggest thing in my opinion. I had never seen anything like it and it worked wonderfully. It's not to say that everything else in React is bad, it's more like everything else pales in comparison to how huge VDOM was when it was introduced.

Kinda like hyping iPhones innovation without ever mentioning touch screens.

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Re:Modern Javascript: Everything you missed over the last 10... by Mogzol on Saturday May 15, 2021 @11:58PM (#27171097)
I read it more as talking about a revolution within React. Hooks and context are (relatively) new features that do "revolutionize" how you write components. That's not to say VDOM isn't important, it just isn't anything new, it's been a part of React since the beginning.
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