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inigyou a day ago

Nothing in HTML is immediate mode. Any framework with a DOM is retained mode, by definition.

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pedro_movai a day ago | parent [-]

But the api is trying to simulate immediate mode using DOM

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inigyou a day ago | parent [-]

That's called an "abomination". The advantage of immediate mode is not storing a DOM. If you write immediate-mode code but it stores a DOM anyway then it's the worst of both worlds.

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sroerick a day ago | parent | next [-]

Isn't that literally React? I find it so immeasurably funny that in his effort to simplify code and invent immediate mode UI, Casey Muratori accidentally invented React

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Warwolt a day ago | parent | prev [-]

How would you do layouting without a tree structure in place? Not really sure what you're getting at here

	▲	inigyou a day ago \| parent [-]
		You have discovered one advantage of retained-mode designs.