I think this is very spiritually similar to the intent of Solid, and Solid’s creator often cites Knockout as an inspiration. I haven’t even looked at his Twitter yet since this announcement but I expect he’ll have a lot of nuance to offer on the subject.
At a very high level, the thing that this offers versus (anything) is a very minimal reactivity solution that’s small and designed specifically to be integrated into Preact’s VDOM. Other than that, it’s a whole lot of details at a level that most people won’t care about beyond the minutiae of implementation and the nuance people actively implementing these libraries can provide.
At a very high level, the thing that this offers versus (anything) is a very minimal reactivity solution that’s small and designed specifically to be integrated into Preact’s VDOM. Other than that, it’s a whole lot of details at a level that most people won’t care about beyond the minutiae of implementation and the nuance people actively implementing these libraries can provide.