appendChild vs. DocumentFragment vs. innerHTML (v35)

Revision 35 of this benchmark created by bunicu on

Description

Comparing 5 different ways to dynamically insert new elements into the DOM tree.

Preparation HTML

<div id="test1"></div>

Setup

window.content = {
        // a simple string to be attached via innerHTML
        string: '<div>Testing innerHtml and DOM-based methods on <strong>massive</strong> add.</div>',
    
        // a node to be attached using DOM methods
        dom: (function () {
            var node, strong;
            node = document.createElement('div');
            node.appendChild(document.createTextNode('Testing innerHtml and DOM-based methods on '));
            strong = document.createElement('strong');
            strong.appendChild(document.createTextNode('massive'));
            node.appendChild(strong);
            node.appendChild(document.createTextNode(' add.'));
            return node;
        })(),
    
        makeDom: function () {
            var node, strong;
            node = document.createElement('div');
            node.appendChild(document.createTextNode('Testing innerHtml and DOM-based methods on '));
            strong = document.createElement('strong');
            strong.appendChild(document.createTextNode('massive'));
            node.appendChild(strong);
            node.appendChild(document.createTextNode(' add.'));
            return node;
        }
    };

Teardown


    document.getElementById('test1').innerHTML = '';

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innerHTML
var div1 = document.getElementById("test1"),
    string = window.content.string,
    html = [];

for (var i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
    html.push(string);
}

div1.innerHTML = html.join('');
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DocumentFragment with cloned node
var div1 = document.getElementById("test1"),
    dom = window.content.dom,
    frag = document.createDocumentFragment();

for (var i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
    frag.appendChild(dom.cloneNode(true));
}

div1.appendChild(frag);
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DocumentFragment with created node
var div1 = document.getElementById("test1"),
    makeDom = window.content.makeDom
    frag = document.createDocumentFragment();

for(var i=0; i<10000; i++){
    frag.appendChild(makeDom());
}

div1.appendChild(frag);
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appendChild with created node
var div1 = document.getElementById("test1"),
    makeDom = window.content.makeDom;

for(var i=0; i<10000; i++){
    div1.appendChild(makeDom());
}
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appendChild with cloned node
var div1 = document.getElementById("test1"),
    dom = window.content.dom;

for(var i=0; i<10000; i++){
    div1.appendChild(dom.cloneNode(true));
}
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