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Pete Hunt - The Secrets of React's Virtual DOM (FutureJS 2014)
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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.
Commenters point to it as the clearest explanation of why re-rendering beats tracking data changes, and say it sold them on React.
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