There was a [great article][1] about how react implements it's virtual DOM. There are some really interesting ideas in there but they are deeply buried in the implementation of the React framework.
However, it's possible to implement just the virtual DOM and diff algorithm on it's own as a set of independent modules.
| // Converts an ArrayBuffer directly to base64, without any intermediate 'convert to string then | |
| // use window.btoa' step. According to my tests, this appears to be a faster approach: | |
| // http://jsperf.com/encoding-xhr-image-data/5 | |
| /* | |
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| Copyright 2011 Jon Leighton | |
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| /* | |
| * object.watch polyfill | |
| * | |
| * 2012-04-03 | |
| * | |
| * By Eli Grey, http://eligrey.com | |
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