This commit adds subtree memoization to Dioxus. Subtree memoization is basically a compile-time step that drastically reduces the amount of work the diffing engine needs to do at runtime by extracting non-changing nodes out into a static "template." Templates are then understood by the various renderers in the ecosystem as a faster way of rendering the same items. For example, in the web, templates are simply a set of DOM Nodes created once and then cloned later. This is the same pattern frameworks like Lithtml and SolidJS use to achieve near-perfect performance. Subtree memoization adds an additional level of complexity to Dioxus. The RSX macro needs to be much smarter to identify changing/nonchanging nodes and generate a mapping between the Template and its runtime counterparts. This commit represents a working starter point for this work, adding support for templates for the web, desktop, liveview, ssr, and native-core renderers. In the future we will try to shrink code generation, generally improve performance, and simplify our implementation.
Dioxus-Web
Build interactive user experiences directly in the web browser!
Dioxus-web provides a WebsysRenderer for the Dioxus Virtual Dom that handles events, progresses components, and updates the actual DOM using web-sys methods.
Web-specific Optimizations
- Uses string interning of all common node types
- Optimistically interns short strings
- Builds trees completely before mounting them