Virtual DOM is pure overhead (2018)

Re:Virtual DOM is pure overhead (2018) by moritzwarhier on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @11:49AM (#27677608)

Never had this problem really (doesn't mean that it doesn not exist). Is shadow DOM a thing outside of SVGs? For sure it's not used by React, Vue etc. MDN is telling me that the upcoming Web component spec uses it though, so maybe libraries like LitElement use it too?

Sites using React or Vue all seem to be searchable using standard CTRL-F for me.

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Re:Virtual DOM is pure overhead (2018) by recursive on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @02:05PM (#27679532)

I suspect this is a reference to the specific feature infinite/virtual scroll. The DOM nodes are only materialized when you scroll near them. CTRL-F is not able to find text that isn't currently in the DOM. If you scroll it into view, it suddenly starts working.

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Re:Virtual DOM is pure overhead (2018) by moritzwarhier on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @06:04AM (#27686775)

That's a very far stretch from purely the topic "Virtual DOM" though, no matter how few JS knowledge. I hate Infinite Scroll with a passion. FWIW Infinite Scroll can be and is often implemented as a jQuery plugin.

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