Pete Hunt: Why React Uses a Virtual DOM
Codegram · Talk · YouTube title: Pete Hunt - The Secrets of React's Virtual DOM (FutureJS 2014)
Why it's here
Commenters point to it as the clearest explanation of why re-rendering beats tracking data changes, and say it sold them on React.
What it covers
Pete Hunt explains why React's virtual DOM was built, how it compares with databinding-style systems, and what it means for future browser technology. Recorded at FutureJS 2014 in Barcelona.