Angular VS Knockout VS Ember vs CanJS (v148)

Revision 148 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.min.js">
</script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.1.3/angular.min.js">
</script>
<script src="https://knockoutjs.com/downloads/knockout-2.2.1.js">
</script>
<script src="https://rawgithub.com/wycats/handlebars.js/1.0.0-rc.4/dist/handlebars.js"></script>
<script src="https://rawgithub.com/emberjs/ember.js/release-builds/ember-1.0.0-rc.4.js">
</script>
<script src="https://canjs.us/release/1.1.5/can.jquery.js"></script>
<script src="https://underscorejs.org/underscore.js"></script>
<script src="https://backbonejs.org/backbone.js"></script>

<!-- CanJS -->
<div id="canapp">
        <h3>Can</h3>
</div>
<script type="text/ejs" id="canEJS">
        <% items.each(function(item) { %>
          <span><%= item %></span>
        <% } ) %>
</script>

<!-- Knockout -->
<div id="koapp">
        <h3>KO</h3>
  <span data-bind="foreach: items">
        <span data-bind="text: $data"></span>
  </span>
</div>

<!-- Ember -->
<div id="emapp">
        <h3>Ember</h3>
  <script type="text/x-handlebars">
    <span>{{#each EMAPP.items}}<span>{{this}}</span>{{/each}}</span>
  </script>
</div>

<!-- Angular -->
<div ng-app="ANGAPP" id="angapp" ng-controller="Ctrl">
        <h3>Angular</h3>
        <span ng-repeat="item in items">{{item}}</span>
</div>

<!-- Backbone -->
<div id="backboneapp">
  <h3>Backbone</h3>
  <span class="backbone-items"></span>
</div>

<script>
// Angular
angular.module('ANGAPP', [])
        .controller('Ctrl', function($scope) {
        $scope.items = [];
         window.ANG = {
            clear: function() {
                $scope.items.splice(0);
              $scope.$digest();
            },
            push: function(item) {
              $scope.items.push(item);
              $scope.$digest();
        }
        };
        });

// KO
var ko_items = ko.observableArray([]);
var ko_viewmodel = {items: ko_items};

ko.applyBindings(ko_viewmodel, document.getElementById('koapp'));

window.KO = {
  clear: function() {
    ko_items.splice(0);
  },
  push: function(data) {
    ko_items.push(data);
  }
}

//Ember
window.EMAPP = Ember.Application.create({
  rootElement: $('#emapp')
});
EMAPP.items = Ember.A();

window.EM = {
  clear: function() {
    EMAPP.items.clear();
  },
  push: function(item) {
    EMAPP.items.pushObject(item);
  }
}

//CanJS
var can_items = new can.Observe.List([]);
$('#canapp')
  .append(can.view('canEJS', {items: can_items}));

window.CAN = {
        clear: function () {
                can_items.splice(0);
        },
        push: function (item) {
                can_items.push(item);
        }
}
// Backbone.js

var backboneView = Backbone.View.extend({
  template: _.template("{{#each items}}{{x}}{{/each}}"),
  initialize: function() {
    this.collection = new Backbone.Collection();
    this.collection.on('add', this.render.bind(this));
    _.bindAll(this);
  },
  render: function() {
    this.$el.html(this.template({items: _.pluck(this.collection.models, 'attributes')}));
  },
  push: function(i) {
    this.collection.add({x: i});
  },
  clear: function() {
    this.collection.reset();
  }

});

window.BB = new backboneView({el: "#backboneapp .backbone-items"});

console.log(window.BB);
</script>

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
Can
CAN.clear();
can.Observe.startBatch();
for (var i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
  CAN.push(i);
}
can.Observe.stopBatch()
ready
Knockout
KO.clear();
for (var i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
  KO.push(i);
}
ready
Ember
EM.clear();
for (var i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
  EM.push(i);
}
ready
Angular
ANG.clear();
for (var i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
        ANG.push(i);
}
ready
Backbone
BB.clear()
for (var i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
  BB.push(i)
}
ready

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