> at the time React was introduced and started gaining traction was about the virtual DOM being "faster". At the time it was. Especially compared to how apps

> at the time React was introduced and started gaining traction was about the virtual DOM being "faster". At the time it was. Especially compared to how apps were built at the time. Note that even today virtual DOM libs (not the same implementation as React's) are still among the fastest: https://krausest.github.io/js-framework-benchmark/2024/table_chrome_121.0.6167.85.html https://krausest.github.io/js-framework-benchmark/2024/table...