Document fragment vs innerHTML vs looped appendChild (v26)

Revision 26 of this benchmark created by caitlin on

Preparation HTML

<div id="my-div">
</div>

Setup

var div = document.getElementById('my-div')

Teardown



            while (div.firstChild) div.removeChild(div.firstChild);

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innerHTML
var i = 0;

while (i < 20) {
  div.innerHTML += '<li>This is my list item number ' + i + '</li>';
  i++;
}
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Looped appendChild
var i = 0;

while (i < 20) {
  var el = document.createElement('li');
  el.innerText = 'This is my list item number ' + i;
  div.appendChild(el);
  i++;
}
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Document fragment
var i = 0,
  fragment = document.createDocumentFragment();

while (i < 20) {
  var el = document.createElement('li');
  el.innerText = 'This is my list item number ' + i;
  fragment.appendChild(el);
  i++;
}

div.appendChild(fragment);
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Variable - html string
var i = 0,
  lis = '';

while (i < 20) {
  lis += '<li>This is my list item number ' + i + '</li>';
  i++;
}

div.innerHTML = lis;
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