Angular VS Knockout VS Ember VS React VS Mithril VS canJS vs BackboneJS (v676)

Revision 676 of this benchmark created by taheta on

Description

This is a simple rendering speed test between the most popular libraries/frameworks. I added in Mithril because it's a newcomer with some promise.

Preparation HTML

<!-- Jquery -->
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/angular.js/1.4.3/angular.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/knockout/3.1.0/knockout-min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/handlebars.js/1.3.0/handlebars.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/ember.js/1.5.1/ember.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/0.10.0/react.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mithril/0.1.12/mithril.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/vue/0.10.4/vue.min.js"></script>
 <script src="http://canjs.com/release/2.2.7/can.jquery.js">
    </script>


 <script src="http://underscorejs.org/underscore-min.js"></script>
    <script src="http://backbonejs.org/backbone-min.js"></script>


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

<!-- canJS -->
 <div id="canapp">
        <h3>Can</h3>
    </div>

     <script type="text/ejs" id="canEJS">
        <% items.each(function(item) { %>
            <span><%= item %></span>
            <% } ) %>
    </script>


<!-- backboneJS -->
  <div id="backboneApp">

    </div>


<!-- React -->
<div id="react">
  React: <span id="reactMountNode"></span>
</div>


<!-- Mithril -->
<div id="mithrilapp">
  Mithril: <span id="mithrilMountNode"></span>
</div>



<script>
var Ctrl = function($scope){ $scope.data = []; };

var KOData = ko.observableArray();
var KOviewmodel = {data: KOData};

var ENV = {EXTEND_PROTOTYPES: false};

var ReactComponent = React.createClass({displayName: 'PerfTest',
  getInitialState: function() {
    return { data: [] };
  },
  render: function() {
  
    return (
      React.DOM.span(null, 
        this.state.data.map(function(result) {
          return React.DOM.span( {key:result.id}, result.text);
        })
      )
    );
    
  }
});

var MithrilData = new Array();
var mithapp = {
  controller: function() {
    this.data = MithrilData;
  },
  view: function(ctrl) {
    return m("span", [ctrl.data.map(function(datum) { return m('span', datum); })]);
  }
}

$(document).ready(function() {
  angular.element(document).ready(function() {
    var ang_scope = $('#angList').scope();

    window.ANGclear = function(){
      ang_scope.data = [];
      ang_scope.$apply();
    };
    window.ANGpush = function(data){
      ang_scope.data.push(data);
      ang_scope.$apply();
    };
  });

  ko.applyBindings(KOviewmodel, document.getElementById('koapp'));
  window.KOclear = function (){
    KOData.splice(0, KOData().length);
  };
  window.KOpush = function (data){
    KOData.push(data);
  };



  EMapp = Ember.Application.create({
    rootElement: '#emapp'
  });
  EMapp.data = Ember.A();

  window.EMclear = function () {
    EMapp.data.clear();
  };
  window.EMpush = function (data) {
    EMapp.data.pushObject(data);
  };


  var reactComp = ReactComponent();
  React.renderComponent(reactComp, $('#reactMountNode')[0]);

  window.RClear = function() {
    reactComp.setState({data: []})
  };

  window.RPush = function(data) {
    var stateData = reactComp.state.data;
    stateData.push(data);
    reactComp.setState({data: stateData});
  }

  m.module(document.getElementById("mithrilMountNode"), mithapp);
  window.Mclear = function() {
    m.startComputation();
    MithrilData.splice(0);
    m.endComputation();
  };

  window.Mpush = function(data) {
    m.startComputation();
    MithrilData.push(data);
    m.endComputation();
  }
  
//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);
        }
    }

  //BackboneJS
 window.BookView = Backbone.View.extend({

        render: function() {
            this.$el.html('<li>' + this.model + '</li>');
            return this;
        }

    });


    window.BookListView = Backbone.View.extend({

        tagName: 'ul',
        template: '',
        url: '',

        initialize: function() {
            // this.template = _.template($('#bbListView').html());
            // this.listenTo(this.collection, "add", addItem);
            this.collection.on('add', this.addItem, this);
        },

        addItem: function(number) {
            this.$el.append( new BookView({ model:number }).el )
        }
    });


  
});
</script>

Test runner

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
Angular 10
ANGclear();
for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++)
  ANGpush("ngitem");
ready
Angular 100
ANGclear();
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++)
  ANGpush("ngitem");
ready
React 10
RClear();
for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++)
  RPush("ritem");
ready
React 100
RClear();
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++)
  RPush("ritem");
ready
Mithril 10
Mclear();
for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++)
  Mpush("mitem");
ready
Mithril 100
Mclear();
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++)
  Mpush("mitem");
ready
canJS 10
 CAN.clear();
 can.Observe.startBatch();
 for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
   CAN.push(i);
 }
 can.Observe.stopBatch();
ready
canJS 100
 CAN.clear();
 can.Observe.startBatch();
 for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
   CAN.push(i);
 }
 can.Observe.stopBatch();
ready
Backbone 10
var BookCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({});

var bookList = new BookCollection();

new BookListView({
  el: $("#backboneApp"),
  collection: bookList
});


for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
  bookList.push(i);
}
ready
Backbone 100
var BookCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({});

var bookList = new BookCollection();

new BookListView({
  el: $("#backboneApp"),
  collection: bookList
});


for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
  bookList.push(i);
}
ready

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