← React Beginner Questions - Set 12 Q119

What is React’s Virtual DOM?

React Beginner Questions - Set 12

Example

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// render builds a tree of plain objects, diffing old vs new
setCount(c => c + 1);   // one state change -> one new tree -> minimal DOM patch

What to notice

• It is a description of the UI, kept in memory, not a copy of the DOM.