Angular vs. jQuery vs. Native (v16)

Revision 16 of this benchmark created on

Description

Comparison study for how an MVC framework vs. jQuery vs. native code performs while rendering a list populated from an array. We're doing a study trying to determine the best JavaScript approach to an app running on an ARM board, so we want to get a sense of what we're sacrificing in native js vs. jquery-only vs. angular.js scenarios.

Preparation HTML

<!-- Jquery -->
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.min.js"></script>
jQuery:
<div id="jq_test"></div>

<script>
var jqEl = $('#jq_test');
var children = '';
var jqPush = function (data) {
  children += '<span>' + data + '</span>';
}
var jqRender = function () {
  jqEl.append(children);
  //jqEl.append('<span>' + data + '</span>');
} 
var jqClear = function () {
  jqEl.empty();
  children = '';
// not sure if we need to do more to prevent memory leak - probably doesn't matter
}
</script>

<!-- Angular -->
<div ng-app>
  Angular:
  <div ng-controller="Ctrl" id="angList"><span ng-repeat="item in data">{{item}}</span></div>
</div>

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.1.3/angular.min.js"></script>

<script>
  var Ctrl = function($scope){
    $scope.data = [];
  }
  
  angular.element(document).ready(function() {
    var angScope = $('#angList').scope();
    
    window.angularClear = function(){
      angScope.data.splice(0, angScope.data.length);
     // angScope.$digest();
    };
    window.angularPush = function(data){
      angScope.data.push(data);
     // angScope.$digest();
    };
    window.angularApply = function(data){
      angScope.$apply();
    };
  });
</script> 

<!-- Native -->

<div id="native_test"></div>

<script>
var nativeEl = document.getElementById('native_test');
var nativeChildren = '';
var nativePush = function (data) {
  var el = '<span>' + data + '</span>';
  nativeChildren += el;
}
var nativeRender = function () {
  nativeEl.innerHTML = nativeChildren;
}
var nativeClear = function () {
  while (nativeEl.hasChildNodes()) {
    nativeEl.removeChild(nativeEl.lastChild);
  }
  nativeChildren = null;
  nativeChildren = '';
}


</script>

Test runner

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
jQuery 100
for (var i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
  jqPush('jq-item');
jqRender();
}
 
ready
Angular 100
for (var i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
  angularPush('ng-item');
angularApply();
}
ready
Native 100
for (var i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
  nativePush('native-item');
nativeRender();
}
ready

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