Virtual DOM library in 500bytes

patch.js

const typeOf = ob => ob.toString()

const forEach = (fn, l) => typeOf(l) === '[object Object]'
  ? forEach(k => fn(l[k], k), Object.keys(l))
  : Array.from(l).forEach(fn)

export const patch = (elm, node) => {
  if(elm === node) return elm
  if(typeOf(elm) === '[object Text]') {
    elm.textContent = node.textContent
    return elm
  }
  const [len0, len1] = [elm.childNodes.length, node.childNodes.length]
  if(len0 !== len1) {
    elm.parentNode.replaceChild(node, elm)
    return node
  }
  else forEach((node, i) => patch(elm.childNodes[i], node), node.childNodes)
  if(elm.classList.length !== node.classList.length) elm.classList = node.classList
  return elm
}

export const h = (...t) => {
  const [sel, options, children] = t
  if(t.length === 1) return h(t[0], {}, [])
  if(t.length === 2) return h(t[0], {}, t[1])
  const [type, ...classNames] = sel.split('.')
  const elm = document.createElement(type)
  forEach(i => elm.classList.add(i), classNames)
  forEach(i => i instanceof HTMLElement ? elm.appendChild(i) : elm.innerText+= i, children)
  forEach((listener, event) => elm[event] = listener, options)
  return elm
}

Sample Usage — https://jsbin.com/yizutumiqa/edit?js,output