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The time is right for a DOM templating API

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218 points mdhb | 1 comments | 26 Jun 25 19:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.273s | source
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ericyd ◴[26 Jun 25 23:07 UTC] No.44392324[source]▶
> React doesn't provide a way to explicitly bind to properties and events of DOM elements, or provide directives that apply to an element.

I didn't understand this part, can anyone shed light? What is different between what's being described here and what React does with event listeners, etc?

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1. krebby ◴[26 Jun 25 23:48 UTC] No.44392581[source]▶
I think this is referring to the fact that React uses synthetic event listeners - it's cheaper to bind an event listener once at the root and do your own element matching than it is to continuously bind and unbind listeners.

https://react.dev/reference/react-dom/components/common#reac...