Caching jQuery Objects (v6)

Revision 6 of this benchmark created by Steponas on

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<!--Sample DOM-->
<header>
<h1>Sample DOM</h1>
</header>
<nav>
<ul>
<li>Item 1</li>
<li>Item 2</li>
<li>Item 3</li>
</ul>
</nav>
<div id="main">
  <div id="content">
  <div id="myDiv" class="myClass">
  <p>Sample content of non-consequence</p>
  </div>
  </div>
</div>
<footer>
<a href="#">Terms</a>
</footer>

Setup

var myDiv = document.getElementById("myDiv");
  var myDivStyle = myDiv.style;
  var $myDiv = $("myDiv");

Test runner

Ready to run.

Testing in
TestOps/sec
No Caching
$("myDiv").css("color","red");
$("myDiv").css("opacity",1);
$("myDiv").css("display","block");
ready
Method Chaining
$myDiv.css("color","red").css("opacity",1).css("display","block");
ready
All in one call
$myDiv.css({"color": "red", "opacity": 1, "display": "block"});
ready
All in one call without strings
$myDiv.css({color: "red", opacity: 1, display: "block"});
ready
No jQuery
myDiv.style.color = "red";
myDiv.style.opacity = 1;
myDiv.style.display = "block";
ready
No jQuery (style cached)
myDivStyle.color = "red";
myDivStyle.opacity = 1;
myDivStyle.display = "block";
ready

Revisions

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