Demonthos
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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.
JS Interpreter
After diffing old and new trees, the Dioxus VirtualDom produces patches that are used to modify the existing Dom. We can send these patches anywhere - including targets without WASM support.
In renderers with support for JavaScript, we use the interpreter from this repository - written in TypeScript - to patch the Dom. This lets us circumvent any overhead on the Rust <-> Dom boundary and keep consistency in our interpreter implementation in web/webview targets.
For now - both Dioxus Web and Dioxus Desktop (webview) use the same interpreter code with tweaks.