Backbone Vs Angular

Benchmark created by Charlie Mitchell on December 7, 2013

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>
</div>

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.0/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> 

<!-- Knockout -->
<div id="koapp">
  <p>Knockout:</p>
  <span data-bind="foreach: data"><span data-bind="text: $data"></span></span>
</div>

<script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/knockout/2.3.0/knockout-min.js"></script>

<script>
  var KOData = ko.observableArray();
  var KOviewmodel = {data: KOData};
  
  ko.applyBindings(KOviewmodel, document.getElementById('koapp'));
  var KOclear = function (){
    KOData.splice(0, KOData().length);
  };
  var KOpush = function (data){
    KOData.push(data);
  };
  var KOunwrap = function(value){
    // Source: http://jsperf.com/ko-unwrapobservable/2
    return ('function'===typeof(value)) ? value(): value;
  };
</script>

<!-- Ember -->
<div id="emapp">
  <p>Ember:</p>
  <script type="text/x-handlebars">
    <span>
      {{#each EMapp.data}}<span>{{this}}</span>{{/each}}
    </span>
  </script>
</div>

<script src="http://builds.emberjs.com/handlebars-1.0.0-rc.4.js"></script>
<script src="http://builds.emberjs.com.s3.amazonaws.com/ember-1.0.0-rc.6.min.js"></script>

<script>
  EMapp = Ember.Application.create({
    rootElement: $('#emapp')
  });
  EMapp.data = Ember.A();
  
  EMclear = function () {
    EMapp.get('data').clear();
  };
  EMreset = function () {
    EMapp.set('data', Ember.A());
  };
  EMpush = function (data) {
    EMapp.get('data').pushObject(data);
  };
</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 backboneCollection = new Backbone.Collection([]);
var backboneView = Backbone.View.extend({
  initialize: function() {
    this.listenTo(this.model, 'change', this.render)
  },
  render: function() {
    this.$el.html(this.model.models)
  },
  push: function(i) {
    this.model.push(i);
  },
  clear: function() {
    this.model.reset([]);
  }

});

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

<!-- CanJS -->
<script src="http://canjs.com/release/1.1.7/can.jquery.js"></script>
<script src="http://canjs.com/release/1.1.7/can.view.mustache.js"></script>
<div id="canjsmustacheapp"></div>
<div id="canjsejsapp"></div>

<script id='canjsMustacheTemplate' type='text/mustache'>
  <h3>CanJS (Mustache):</h3>
  <span class="canjs-items">{{#items}}{{.}}{{/items}}</span>
</script>


<script id='canjsEJSTemplate' type='text/ejs'>
  <h3>CanJS (EJS):</h3>
  <span class="canjs-items"><% items.each(function(item) { %><%= item %><% }) %></span>
</script>
<script>

var canjsList1 = new can.Observe.List([]);
var canjsList2 = new can.Observe.List([]);
var canjsControl = can.Control.extend({
  init: function(el, options) {
    this.element.html(can.view(this.options.template, { items: this.options.items }));
  },
  push: function(i) {
    this.options.items.push(i);
  },
  clear: function() {
    this.options.items.splice(0, this.options.items.length);
  }
});

window.CanJSMustache = new canjsControl('#canjsmustacheapp', {
    template: 'canjsMustacheTemplate',
    items: canjsList1
});

window.CanJSEJS = new canjsControl('#canjsejsapp', {
    template: 'canjsEJSTemplate',
    items: canjsList2
});
</script>

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• Revision 1: published by Charlie Mitchell on December 7, 2013