appendChild vs. DocumentFragment vs. innerHTML (v43)

Revision 43 of this benchmark created on

Description

Comparing 3 different ways to dynamically insert new elements into the DOM tree.

Preparation HTML

<div id="test1">
</div>
<script>
function text(node, txt) {
    node.appendChild(document.createTextNode(txt));
    return node;
  }
</script>

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appendChild
var div1 = document.getElementById("test1"), row, cell;

for (var i = 0; i < 2000; i++) {
   row=document.createElement('div');
   for (var j = 0; j < 20; j++) {
       cell=document.createElement('span');
       text(cell, 'test');
       row.appendChild(cell);
   }
div1.appendChild(row);
}


div1.innerHTML='';
ready
DocumentFragment
var div1 = document.getElementById("test1"), row, cell, docFrag;
docFrag=document.createDocumentFragment();
for (var i = 0; i < 2000; i++) {
   row=document.createElement('div');
   for (var j = 0; j < 20; j++) {
       cell=document.createElement('span');
       text(cell, 'test');
       row.appendChild(cell);
   }
   docFrag.appendChild(row);
}
div1.appendChild(docFrag);

div1.innerHTML='';
ready
innerHTML
var div1 = document.getElementById("test1"), row, cell, html='';

for (var i = 0; i < 2000; i++) {
   row='<div>';
   for (var j = 0; j < 20; j++) {
       row+='<span>test</span>';
   }
   html+=row+'</div>';
}
div1.innerHTML=html;
div1.innerHTML='';
ready
DocumentFragment 2
var div1 = document.getElementById("test1"), row, cell, docFrag;
docFrag=document.createDocumentFragment();
for (var i = 0; i < 2000; i++) {
   row=document.createElement('div');
   for (var j = 0; j < 20; j++) {
       cell=document.createElement('span');
       cell.appendChild(document.createTextNode('test'))
       row.appendChild(cell);
   }
   docFrag.appendChild(row);
}
div1.appendChild(docFrag);

div1.innerHTML='';
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