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title: "How does React’s virtual DOM improve performance in a MERN application?"  
description: "How does React’s virtual DOM improve performance in a MERN application?"  
author: "ICSM Computer"  
published: 2025-04-04  
updated: 2025-04-05  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/161428/how-does-react-s-virtual-dom-improve-performance-in-a-mern-application  
category: "mern"  
tags: ["web development", "mern"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How does React’s virtual DOM improve performance in a MERN application?

How does [React](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/327892/react-why-it-just-makes-sense-for-web-development)’s [virtual DOM](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/304003/what-is-the-difference-between-virtual-dom-and-shadow-dom) [improve performance](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/160287/how-can-parameterized-stored-procedures-improve-performance-compared-to-dynamic-sql-queries) in a [MERN application](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/159459/sslhandshakeexception-when-establishing-a-secure-connection-in-a-mern-application)?


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