Angular vs Backbone (v2)

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Preparation HTML

<!-- Jquery -->
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.min.js"></script>

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

  <span ng-controller="Ctrl" id="angList">{{data}}</span>
</div>

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.7/angular.min.js"></script>

<script>
  var Ctrl = function($scope){
    $scope.data = [];
  }
  angular.element(document).ready(function() {
    window.ANGAPP = {
      scope: $('#angList').scope(),
      push: function(data){
        this.scope.data.push(data);
      },
      clear: function(){
        this.scope.data = [];
        this.scope.$digest();
      }
    };
  });
</script> 

<!--Backbone-->
<script src="//underscorejs.org/underscore.js"></script>
<script src="//backbonejs.org/backbone.js"></script>

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

<script>
var backboneView = Backbone.View.extend({
  push: function(i) {
    this.$el.append(i);
  },
  clear: function() {
    this.$el.html('');
  }

});

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

Test runner

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
Angular 100
ANGAPP.clear();

for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
  ANGAPP.push(i);
  ANGAPP.scope.$digest();
}

 
ready
Backbone 100
BB.clear();

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

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