Correct use of DOM with React.js

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Knowing that Reactjs uses a virtual DOM where elements are processed into a DOM representation in memory so that all changes are made faster then it would be "wrong" to use findDOMNode to directly access an DOM element and manipulate its state?

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Yes, it would be wrong.

findDOMNode only exists for reading DOM information (eg: position, form fields value, etc). Modify the DOM directly can also generate inconsistencies, because the view that the framework has the DOM (virtual-dom) will not be the same as DOM in the browser, then it may end up overwriting the values you manually set.

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    So just to be clear, with respect to getting the value of an input text the most correct way would be findDOMNode? Because the first tests I’ve been doing with React I was doing a bigger gambiarra in the world with events not to access the DOM directly.

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    Nice surprise to see you here @fabiomcosta!

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