AppendChild vs InsertBefore (v2)

Revision 2 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<script>
  window.testDocument = document.implementation.createHTMLDocument();
</script>

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Testing in
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AppendChild
document.body.appendChild(
  document.createElement("span")
);
ready
InsertBefore
document.body.insertBefore(
  document.createElement("span"),
  document.body.lastChild
);
ready
AppendChild - Test Document
window.testDocument.body.appendChild(
  document.createElement("span")
);
ready
InsertBefore - Test Document
window.testDocument.body.insertBefore(
  document.createElement("span"),
  window.testDocument.body.firstChild
);
ready

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