What is "Dirty" in React.js?

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I am trying to understand React.js and often come across a term "Dirty" like dirty checker/checking, dirty data ,dirty model

I followed this question but could not make out what actually the term Dirty convey & why we call it dirty.

For people who don't like React, the whole thing is dirty... ;) — nnnnnn
– nnnnnn, Commented Feb 8, 2016 at 6:08

xCrZx · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-08 05:06:37Z

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Dirty data - the data, that have been changed recently and DOM haven't been re-rendered according to this changes yet. So dirty checking is diff between next state and current state.

edited Feb 8, 2016 at 5:06

answered Feb 8, 2016 at 5:01

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rossipedia Over a year ago

To be clear, "dirty-checking" isn't specific to React. It's just a term for one way of synchronizing application state to the DOM/UI. React uses something different: reconciliation.

Shubham Dubey · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-08 05:11:44Z

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Dirty is just the state of the form which tells that this form has been touched by user. This does not means that form is invalid.

answered Feb 8, 2016 at 5:11

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