Today I've read about a small but interesting framework called React.js that convinced me to start a new series on this blog. Newsflashes are small articles, just two or three sentences, describing an interesting idea and providing a link to read on. They are less thoroughly researched than the full-fledged articles of BeyondJava.net. Instead I'll go with my guts to choose interesting bits of information.
React is a lightweight Javascript framework focusing on the UI. According to the project page, using a virtual DOM difference algorithm makes it very fast. Thierry Nicola decribes in his article - which is now offline - how to combine AngularJS and React to make your AngularJS application faster.
While the effect is impressive, chances are you're going to benefit from React without having to use it yourself. My bet is many frameworks, possible even browsers, are going to use virtual DOM by default.