No, virtual DOM is not faster than the real DOM. Under the hood virtual DOM also uses real DOM to render the page or content. So there is no way that virtual DOM is faster than real dom.
What I meant was you cannot compare apples and oranges. Virtual DOM is not another type of DOM, it is just a representation of DOM. So we should not say Virtual DOM is faster.
React docs state that
The virtual DOM (VDOM) is a programming concept where an ideal, or “virtual”, representation of a UI is kept in memory and synced with the “real” DOM by a library such as ReactDOM. This process is called reconciliation.
Since “virtual DOM” is more of a pattern than a specific technology, people sometimes say it to mean different things.
As you can see above it is a pattern or technique. The reason we should not say that VDOM is faster than actual DOM is because in the end Virtual Dom is going to update the actual DOM.
What I meant was you cannot compare apples and oranges. Virtual DOM is not another type of DOM, it is just a representation of DOM. So we should not say Virtual DOM is faster.
React docs state that
As you can see above it is a pattern or technique. The reason we should not say that VDOM is faster than actual DOM is because in the end Virtual Dom is going to update the actual DOM.
Yeah, I kind of get your point