diff --git a/crates/sauron-core/Cargo.toml b/crates/sauron-core/Cargo.toml
index 8b8187e99..317bf3c3f 100644
--- a/crates/sauron-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/sauron-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ phf = { version = "0.11.2", features = ["macros"] }
 futures = "=0.3.30"
 indexmap = "2.2.5"
 longest-increasing-subsequence = "0.1.0"
+derive-where = "1.2.7"
 
 
 [dependencies.wasm-bindgen]
diff --git a/crates/sauron-core/src/vdom/node.rs b/crates/sauron-core/src/vdom/node.rs
index 1ce31f47f..b7e63bc32 100644
--- a/crates/sauron-core/src/vdom/node.rs
+++ b/crates/sauron-core/src/vdom/node.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use std::fmt;
 use std::fmt::{Debug, Formatter};
 pub use element::Element;
 use crate::vdom::Leaf;
+use derive_where::derive_where;
 
 pub(crate) mod attribute;
 mod element;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ mod element;
 /// virtual dom implementation
 /// AttributeValue - is the type for the value of the attribute, this will be String, f64, or just another
 /// generics that suits the implementing library which used mt-dom for just dom-diffing purposes
+#[derive_where(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum Node<MSG> {
     /// Element variant of a virtual node
     Element(Element<MSG>),
@@ -33,25 +35,6 @@ pub enum Node<MSG> {
     Leaf(Leaf),
 }
 
-impl<MSG> Clone for Node<MSG>{
-    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
-        todo!()
-    }
-}
-
-impl<MSG> fmt::Debug for Node<MSG>{
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        todo!()
-    }
-}
-
-impl<MSG> PartialEq for Node<MSG>{
-    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
-        todo!()
-    }
-}
-
-impl<MSG> Eq for Node<MSG>{ }
 
 
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
diff --git a/crates/sauron-core/src/vdom/node/attribute.rs b/crates/sauron-core/src/vdom/node/attribute.rs
index 32543a03f..b0f99be9f 100644
--- a/crates/sauron-core/src/vdom/node/attribute.rs
+++ b/crates/sauron-core/src/vdom/node/attribute.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::fmt::Debug;
 use indexmap::IndexMap;
 use std::fmt;
 use crate::vdom::AttributeValue;
+use derive_where::derive_where;
 
 /// The type of the Namspace
 pub type Namespace = &'static str;
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ pub type AttributeName = &'static str;
 pub static KEY: &AttributeName = &"key";
 
 /// These are the plain attributes of an element
+#[derive_where(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct Attribute<MSG> {
     /// namespace of an attribute.
     /// This is specifically used by svg attributes
@@ -30,25 +32,6 @@ pub struct Attribute<MSG> {
     pub value: Vec<AttributeValue<MSG>>,
 }
 
-impl<MSG> Clone for Attribute<MSG>{
-    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
-        todo!()
-    }
-}
-
-impl<MSG> fmt::Debug for Attribute<MSG>{
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        todo!()
-    }
-}
-
-impl<MSG> PartialEq for Attribute<MSG>{
-    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
-        todo!()
-    }
-}
-
-impl<MSG> Eq for Attribute<MSG>{ }
 
 impl<MSG> Attribute<MSG> {
     /// create a plain attribute with namespace
diff --git a/crates/sauron-core/src/vdom/node/element.rs b/crates/sauron-core/src/vdom/node/element.rs
index e8f2dae1a..2801a2bb7 100644
--- a/crates/sauron-core/src/vdom/node/element.rs
+++ b/crates/sauron-core/src/vdom/node/element.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use super::{Attribute, Node};
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::fmt;
 use crate::vdom::AttributeValue;
+use derive_where::derive_where;
 
 /// Represents an element of the virtual node
 /// An element has a generic tag, this tag could be a static str tag, such as usage in html dom.
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ use crate::vdom::AttributeValue;
 ///
 /// The namespace is also needed in attributes where namespace are necessary such as `xlink:href`
 /// where the namespace `xlink` is needed in order for the linked element in an svg image to work.
+#[derive_where(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct Element<MSG> {
     /// namespace of this element,
     /// svg elements requires namespace to render correcly in the browser
@@ -31,25 +33,6 @@ pub struct Element<MSG> {
     pub self_closing: bool,
 }
 
-impl<MSG> Clone for Element<MSG>{
-    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
-        todo!()
-    }
-}
-
-impl<MSG> fmt::Debug for Element<MSG>{
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        todo!()
-    }
-}
-
-impl<MSG> PartialEq for Element<MSG>{
-    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
-        todo!()
-    }
-}
-
-impl<MSG> Eq for Element<MSG>{ }
 
 impl<MSG> Element<MSG> {
     /// create a new instance of an element
diff --git a/crates/sauron-core/src/vdom/patch.rs b/crates/sauron-core/src/vdom/patch.rs
index ab3b96d24..ea65791e4 100644
--- a/crates/sauron-core/src/vdom/patch.rs
+++ b/crates/sauron-core/src/vdom/patch.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use super::Tag;
 use super::{Attribute, Node};
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::fmt;
+use derive_where::derive_where;
 
 pub use tree_path::TreePath;
 
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ mod tree_path;
 /// 0 - is the root element which is always zero.
 /// 1 - is the `footer` element since it is the 2nd element of the body.
 /// 2 - is the `nav` element since it is the 3rd node in the `footer` element.
+#[derive_where(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct Patch<'a, MSG> {
     /// the tag of the node at patch_path
     pub tag: Option<&'a Tag>,
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ pub struct Patch<'a, MSG> {
     pub patch_type: PatchType<'a, MSG>,
 }
 
+/*
 impl<'a, MSG> Clone for Patch<'a, MSG>{
     fn clone(&self) -> Self {
         todo!()
@@ -87,8 +90,10 @@ impl<'a, MSG> PartialEq for Patch<'a, MSG>{
 }
 
 impl<'a, MSG> Eq for Patch<'a, MSG>{ }
+*/
 
 /// the patch variant
+#[derive_where(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum PatchType<'a, MSG> {
     /// insert the nodes before the node at patch_path
     InsertBeforeNode {
@@ -142,25 +147,6 @@ pub enum PatchType<'a, MSG> {
     },
 }
 
-impl<'a, MSG> Clone for PatchType<'a, MSG>{
-    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
-        todo!()
-    }
-}
-
-impl<'a, MSG> fmt::Debug for PatchType<'a, MSG>{
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        todo!()
-    }
-}
-
-impl<'a, MSG> PartialEq for PatchType<'a, MSG>{
-    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
-        todo!()
-    }
-}
-
-impl<'a, MSG> Eq for PatchType<'a, MSG>{ }
 
 impl<'a, MSG> Patch<'a, MSG> {
     /// return the path to traverse for this patch to get to the target Node
diff --git a/crates/sauron-core/src/vdom/patch/tree_path.rs b/crates/sauron-core/src/vdom/patch/tree_path.rs
index b24d20a35..87ef06f63 100644
--- a/crates/sauron-core/src/vdom/patch/tree_path.rs
+++ b/crates/sauron-core/src/vdom/patch/tree_path.rs
@@ -161,9 +161,8 @@ fn traverse_node_by_path<'a, MSG>(
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::*;
-    use alloc::format;
-    use alloc::string::String;
-    use alloc::string::ToString;
+    use crate::vdom::*;
+    use crate::render::Render;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_traverse() {
@@ -172,8 +171,8 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(path.traverse(1), TreePath::from([0, 1]));
     }
 
-    fn sample_node() -> Node {
-        let node: Node = element(
+    fn sample_node() -> Node<()> {
+        let node: Node<()> = element(
             "div",
             vec![attr("class", "[]"), attr("id", "0")],
             vec![
@@ -221,14 +220,14 @@ mod tests {
 
     // index is the index of this code with respect to it's sibling
     fn assert_traverse_match(
-        node: &Node,
+        node: &Node<()>,
         node_idx: &mut usize,
         path: Vec<usize>,
     ) {
         let id = node.attribute_value(&"id").unwrap()[0];
         let class = node.attribute_value(&"class").unwrap()[0];
-        assert_eq!(id.to_string(), node_idx.to_string());
-        assert_eq!(class.to_string(), format_vec(&path));
+        assert_eq!(id.as_str(), Some(node_idx.to_string()).as_deref());
+        assert_eq!(class.as_str(), Some(format_vec(&path)).as_deref());
         for (i, child) in node.children().iter().enumerate() {
             *node_idx += 1;
             let mut child_path = path.clone();
@@ -237,11 +236,11 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
-    fn traverse_tree_path(node: &Node, path: &TreePath, node_idx: &mut usize) {
+    fn traverse_tree_path(node: &Node<()>, path: &TreePath, node_idx: &mut usize) {
         let id = node.attribute_value(&"id").unwrap()[0];
         let class = node.attribute_value(&"class").unwrap()[0];
-        assert_eq!(id.to_string(), node_idx.to_string());
-        assert_eq!(class.to_string(), format_vec(&path.path));
+        assert_eq!(id.as_str(), Some(node_idx.to_string()).as_deref());
+        assert_eq!(class.as_str(), Some(format_vec(&path.path)).as_deref());
         for (i, child) in node.children().iter().enumerate() {
             *node_idx += 1;
             let mut child_path = path.clone();
diff --git a/tests/diff_with_events.rs b/tests/diff_with_events.rs
index 8123f48a4..5946eabb8 100644
--- a/tests/diff_with_events.rs
+++ b/tests/diff_with_events.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate log;
-use crate::mt_dom::TreePath;
+use crate::vdom::TreePath;
 use sauron::{html::attributes::*, html::events::*, html::*, *};
 
 use test_fixtures::simple_program;
diff --git a/tests/event_tests.rs b/tests/event_tests.rs
index 527f39cde..d7685c8a4 100644
--- a/tests/event_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/event_tests.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #![deny(warnings)]
-use sauron::{html::attributes::*, html::events::*, html::*, mt_dom::TreePath, *};
+use sauron::{html::attributes::*, html::events::*, html::*, vdom::TreePath, *};
 use std::{cell::RefCell, rc::Rc};
 use test_fixtures::simple_program;
 use wasm_bindgen_test::*;
diff --git a/tests/html_test.rs b/tests/html_test.rs
index 91a26751f..70fa55b5f 100644
--- a/tests/html_test.rs
+++ b/tests/html_test.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #![deny(warnings)]
-use crate::mt_dom::TreePath;
+use crate::vdom::TreePath;
 use sauron::{
     dom::Event,
     events::on,
diff --git a/tests/node_event_recycling.rs b/tests/node_event_recycling.rs
index 5ccbb8f02..f99abdbdc 100644
--- a/tests/node_event_recycling.rs
+++ b/tests/node_event_recycling.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #![deny(warnings)]
 use sauron::{html::attributes::*, html::events::*, html::*};
-use sauron::{mt_dom::TreePath, *};
+use sauron::{vdom::TreePath, *};
 use std::{cell::RefCell, rc::Rc};
 use test_fixtures::simple_program;
 use wasm_bindgen_test::*;
diff --git a/tests/right_next_text_siblings.rs b/tests/right_next_text_siblings.rs
index 22411ff52..f05b112d6 100644
--- a/tests/right_next_text_siblings.rs
+++ b/tests/right_next_text_siblings.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #![deny(warnings)]
-use crate::mt_dom::TreePath;
+use crate::vdom::TreePath;
 use sauron::html::*;
 use sauron::*;
 
diff --git a/tests/test_render.rs b/tests/test_render.rs
index 5f59ffb31..b4798a0f4 100644
--- a/tests/test_render.rs
+++ b/tests/test_render.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #![deny(warnings)]
-use crate::mt_dom::TreePath;
+use crate::vdom::TreePath;
 use sauron::{
     html::{attributes::*, *},
     *,