--- title: "Exploring how virtual DOM is implemented in React" url: https://daily.dev/posts/exploring-how-virtual-dom-is-implemented-in-react-7h2pdt7fr source_url: https://indepth.dev/posts/1501/exploring-how-virtual-dom-is-implemented-in-react type: article source: "inDepth.dev" published: 2022-05-02T21:37:34.418Z updated: 2022-05-02T21:37:34.418Z tags: ["react"] reading_time: 11 upvotes: 13 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Exploring how virtual DOM is implemented in React **[inDepth.dev](https://daily.dev/sources/indepth)** · 11 min read · 13 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The virtual DOM is a tree-like structure that is used to represent a web page. It provides an interface through which developers can perform certain operations on that page, such as fetching information and altering the content/structure. It is the virtual DOM that takes on the responsibility of determining what has changed and then all the modifications are committed on the actual DOM at once. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/exploring-how-virtual-dom-is-implemented-in-react-7h2pdt7fr)