If you have to extend an existing object with additional property, always prefer Vue.set()
over Object.assign()
(or spread operator).
Example below explains implications for different implementations.
All of the below properties or methods, when requested/called in JavaScript, will trigger the browser to synchronously calculate the style and layout*. This is also called reflow or layout thrashing, and is common performance bottleneck.
Generally, all APIs that synchronously provide layout metrics will trigger forced reflow / layout. Read on for additional cases and details.
elem.offsetLeft
, elem.offsetTop
, elem.offsetWidth
, elem.offsetHeight
, elem.offsetParent
(by @andrestaltz)
If you prefer to watch video tutorials with live-coding, then check out this series I recorded with the same contents as in this article: Egghead.io - Introduction to Reactive Programming.