> If you're doing manual VDOM building you're doing something very wrong. Rendering a React or Vue component is building a VDOM, that's what I'm referring to.

> If you're doing manual VDOM building you're doing something very wrong. Rendering a React or Vue component is building a VDOM, that's what I'm referring to. Your code is explicitly building a VDOM. > The reconciliation makes sure only the parts are re-rendered which have changed. Yes, and that makes development easier. That reconciliation is only "faster" if your alternative non-VDOM code is poorly written, throwing away chunks of DOM and rebuilding from scratch. I'm not advocating for not using VDOM frameworks, I use them, I'm advocating for understanding they are not faster than the DOM. that is a myth, and results in people misunderstanding the tools or how the DOM and browsers work.