README.md

Demo-async-dom, #AsyncDOM

• Demo page with async dom and webworkers
• Demo Page (no async-dom) no async dom and webworkers
• Ember.js App with async dom and webworkers
• Glimmer.js App with async dom and webworkers
• Glimmer.js App (no AsyncDom)
• React App with async dom and webworkers

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Latest codebase in https://github.com/lifeart/async-dom

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Why?

console.time('commonAppend');
for (let i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
	document.body.appendChild(document.createElement('div'));
}
console.timeEnd('commonAppend');
//commonAppend: 62.622802734375ms - 300+ms (depend at layout calculation time, t != const)

console.time('asyncAppend');
for (let i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
	let id = i;
	asyncSendMessage({
		action: 'createNode',
		id: id,
		tag: 'div'
	});
	asyncSendMessage({
		action: 'bodyAppendChild',
		id: id
	});
}
console.timeEnd('asyncAppend');
//asyncAppend: 277.938232421875ms (not depend at layout calculation time, t = const)

console.time('asyncAppendGroup');
for (let i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
	let id = i;
	asyncSendMessage([{
		action: 'createNode',
		id: id,
		tag: 'div'
	},{
		action: 'bodyAppendChild',
		id: id
	}]);
}
console.timeEnd('asyncAppendGroup');
//asyncAppend: 117.579833984375ms (not depend at layout calculation time, t = const)

console.time('asyncAppendBatch');
var msgs = [];
for (let i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
	let id = i;
	msgs.push({
		action: 'createNode',
		id: id,
		tag: 'div'
	});
	msgs.push({
		action: 'bodyAppendChild',
		id: id
	});
}
asyncSendMessage(msgs);
console.timeEnd('asyncAppendBatch');
//asyncAppend: 23.794189453125ms (not depend at layout calculation time, t = const)

Logic

1. All DOM modifications collected in single pool
2. For each requestAnimationFrame we create fittable modifications list (pool slice)
3. If our modifications took more than 16ms, we put remaining modifications back to pool
4. Repeat all operations for next frame

• DOM modifications are sorted for optimal "rolling changes" (first create an element, add styles, and then add to DOM (not create an element, add to DOM, add styles))
• Optional DOM modifications (if the performance does not allow this modification, it is thrown out of the queue)
• Modifications orioritization and batching (you can create an array of modifications that will always be executed within a single frame)

Description

This is a proof of concept of asynchronous DOM modification example with:

• event binding
• DOM modifications batching
• 60 fps performance
• optional DOM updates

Main thread (DOM EventLoop)

• Only DOM update logic

WebWorker

• Business logic

• All DOM modifications came from WebWorker and applyed to Main thread DOM

• async PreventDefault/StopPropagation - as part of concept