--- title: Thinking Locally with Signals | daily.dev description: The article explores the concept of locality of thinking in building user interfaces, drawing inspiration from React. It discusses the principles that... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/thinking-locally-with-signals-bpm7idaqq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Thinking Locally with Signals | daily.dev og:description: The article explores the concept of locality of thinking in building user interfaces, drawing inspiration from React. It discusses the principles that... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/thinking-locally-with-signals-bpm7idaqq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bPm7iDAQQ.png og:image:alt: Thinking Locally with Signals og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: 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. # Thinking Locally with Signals **[This is Learning](https://daily.dev/sources/til)** · 5 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The article explores the concept of locality of thinking in building user interfaces, drawing inspiration from React. It discusses the principles that influenced the creation of SolidJS, such as unidirectional flow, composition, and explicit mutation. It highlights the benefits of a pass-by-value approach and the use of reactive props to achieve locality of thinking. The article also mentions the limitations of achieving complete locality of thinking and the advantages of Signals over VDOM re-renders in frameworks. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#solidjs](https://daily.dev/tags/solidjs), [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/thinking-locally-with-signals-bpm7idaqq) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Thinking Locally with Signals","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/thinking-locally-with-signals-bpm7idaqq","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/thinking-locally-with-signals-bpm7idaqq"},"datePublished":"2023-10-13T17:29:55.113Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T02:13:47.484Z","description":"The article explores the concept of locality of thinking in building user interfaces, drawing inspiration from React. It discusses the principles that...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/23632171ee872d8333c44e9a6f3ab5c6?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/23632171ee872d8333c44e9a6f3ab5c6?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"This is Learning","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"This is Learning","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/739e560f0f81492eb54055003476c505","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/til"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/thinking-locally-with-signals-bpm7idaqq","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"javascript,react,solidjs,webdev","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"This is Learning","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/til"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Thinking Locally with Signals"}]} ```