Angular vs. jQuery vs. Native (v54)

Revision 54 of this benchmark created by dfhfdfhhdfdhf 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-1.11.3.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);  
    } 
    var jqClear = function() {
        jqEl.empty();
        children = '';
        // not sure if we need to do more to prevent memory leak - probably doesn't matter
    }
</script>

<!-- Angular -->
Angular:
<div ng-app>
    <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/1.4.6/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);
        };
        window.angularPush = function(data){
            angScope.data.push(data);
        };
        window.angularApply = function(data){
            angScope.$apply();
        };
    });
</script> 

<!-- Native -->
Native:
<div id="native_test"></div>

<script>
    var nativeEl = document.getElementById('native_test');
    var nativeRender = function(data) {
        var el = document.createElement('span');

        el.innerHTML = data;
        nativeEl.appendChild(el);
    } 
    var nativeClear = function() {
        while (nativeEl.hasChildNodes()) {
            nativeEl.removeChild(nativeEl.lastChild);
        }
    // not sure if we need to do more to prevent memory leak - probably doesn't matter
    }
</script>

Test runner

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
jQuery 10000
jqClear();
for (var i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
  jqPush('jq-item');
}
jqRender();
 
ready
Angular 10000
angularClear();
for (var i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
  angularPush('ng-item');
}
angularApply();
ready
Native 10000
nativeClear();
for (var i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
  nativeRender('native-item');
}
 
ready

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