Vue · Senior · Question 10 of 75

Why are templates generally preferred over hand-written render functions in Vue?

✓Correct answer: The compiler can optimize templates (static hoisting, patch flags), while render functions are opaque to it
2Render functions are not supported in Vue 3
3Templates run on a separate thread

Explanation

Render functions and JSX are useful for highly dynamic output (e.g. a library rendering arbitrary trees), but you lose compile-time optimizations.

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