children[0] vs firstChild (v4)

Revision 4 of this benchmark created on October 31, 2013

Preparation HTML

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.0.2/jquery.js"></script>
<ul id="element"><li id="item">1</li><li>2</li><li>3</li><li>4</li></ul>

Setup

var oEl;

Teardown

    console.log(oEl);
    if (oEl !== document.getElementById('item')) {
      throw new Error('Not the same object');
    }
  

Test runner

oEl = document.getElementById('element').children[0];

oEl = document.getElementById('element').firstChild;

oEl = $('#element').children(':first')[0];

Revisions

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• Revision 4: published on October 31, 2013