| ▲ | eastbound 3 days ago | ||||||||||||||||
> React’s baseline isn’t a monster. Yes it is. It’s not size, it’s logic: Every time the component rerenders, the root loop is executed. Why? The root loop reassigns every useEffect, reruns every useState, every other hook (and useSearchParams is executed n times for n components that need it in the hierarchy) when only the HTML needs rerender. (Yes the programmer can optimize/memoize, and yes “a hook’s execution time is very short” (but multiplied by every cell in the table, when needed)). Must be the fault of the programmer if the framework has a super-intensive concept at the root.) | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | code_biologist 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
I'm old enough to remember when this simplified model was why people thought React was better than alternatives. | |||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | lucsky 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
> It’s not size That's what TFA is complaining about: size. But nice pivot, hope your head isn't spinning too much. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | fijiaarone 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Yeah, react developers don’t even realize that there is execution time as well as download time for an app. | |||||||||||||||||