I implemented something similar for Brackets so that it could do "live development" of HTML. In an editor, it's not uncommon to need to reparent a node, so our algorithm supports that.
I had a chance to speak with some of the React team at JSconf.eu and there are similarities in our approaches, but it turns out that what you're trying to ultimately do (an editor vs. an rendering application views) makes a big difference.
For those curious, here's the talk about what goes on in Brackets:
I had a chance to speak with some of the React team at JSconf.eu and there are similarities in our approaches, but it turns out that what you're trying to ultimately do (an editor vs. an rendering application views) makes a big difference.
For those curious, here's the talk about what goes on in Brackets:
http://2013.jsconf.eu/speakers/peter-flynn-kevin-dangoor-omn...