Virtual DOM is pure overhead.md 501 B
title: Virtual DOM is pure overhead date: 2019-05-27 11:53:05 categories: [programming] tags: [javascript,java]
authors: sedlav
If you've used JavaScript frameworks in the last few years, you've probably heard the phrase 'the virtual DOM is fast', often said to mean that it's faster than the real DOM. It's a surprisingly resilient meme — for example people have asked how Svelte can be fast when it doesn't use a virtual DOM.