JavaScript template language shootoff (v523)

Revision 523 of this benchmark created by imbolc on

Description

A brief comparison of some JavaScript templating engines on a short template: 6 header tags, and 10 list items.

Note: When adding a new test, please ensure that your test returns the same HTML string (or equivalent DOM fragment) as the others.

Preparation HTML

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

<script src="http://documentcloud.github.com/underscore/underscore.js"></script>

<script src="https://raw.github.com/linkedin/dustjs/master/dist/dust-full-1.0.0.js"></script>

<script src="http://github.com/janl/mustache.js/raw/master/mustache.js"></script>

<script src="https://github.com/downloads/wycats/handlebars.js/handlebars-1.0.0.beta.6.js"></script>

<script src="http://gist.github.com/raw/550723/12d176698628e30a1df398c7ac7aea93924e1294/jade.js"></script>

<script src="https://github.com/olado/doT/raw/master/doT.js"></script>

<script src="http://embeddedjavascript.googlecode.com/files/ejs_0.9_alpha_1_production.js"></script>

<script src="https://raw.github.com/visionmedia/ejs/master/ejs.min.js"></script>

<script src="https://raw.github.com/mgutz/funcd/master/lib/funcd.js"></script>

<script>
  window.sharedVariables = {
   header: "Header",
   header2: "Header2",
   header3: "Header3",
   header4: "Header4",
   header5: "Header5",
   header6: "Header6",
   list: ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10']
  };

  window.mustacheTemplate = "<div><h1 class='header'>{{header}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{header2}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{header3}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{header4}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{header5}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{header6}}</h6><ul class='list'>{{#list}}<li class='item'>{{.}}</li>{{/list}}</ul></div>";
  
  window.handlebarsTemplate = Handlebars.compile("<div><h1 class='header'>{{header}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{header2}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{header3}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{header4}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{header5}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{header6}}</h6><ul class='list'>{{#each list}}<li class='item'>{{this}}</li>{{/each}}</ul></div>");
  
  window.micro = "<div><h1 class='header'><%= header %></h1><h2 class='header2'><%= header2 %></h2><h3 class='header3'><%= header3 %></h3><h4 class='header4'><%= header4 %></h4><h5 class='header5'><%= header5 %></h5><h6 class='header6'><%= header6 %></h6><ul class='list'><% for (var i = 0, l = list.length; i < l; i++) { %><li class='item'><%= list[i] %></li><% } %></ul></div>";
  
  window.underscoreTemplate = _.template(micro);
    
  window.ejss = new EJS({
   text: micro
  });

  window.ejsTj = ejs.compile("<div><h1 class='header'>{{= header }}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{= header2 }}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{= header3 }}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{= header4 }}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{= header5 }}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{= header6 }}</h6><ul class='list'>{{ for (var i = 0, l = list.length; i < l; i++) { }}<li class='item'>{{= list[i] }}</li>{{ } }}</ul></div>", {
                        open: '{{',
                        close: '}}',
                        debug: false
                });
  
  window.jadeTemplate = "div\n  h1.header!= header\n  h2.header2!= header2\n  h3.header3!= header3\n  h4.header4!= header4\n  h5.header5!= header5\n  h6.header6!= header6\n  ul.list\n    - each item in list\n      li.item!= item";
      
  window.doTtemplate = doT.template("<div><h1 class='header'>{{= it.header }}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{= it.header2 }}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{= it.header3 }}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{= it.header4 }}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{= it.header5 }}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{= it.header6 }}</h6><ul class='list'>{{ for (var i = 0, l = it.list.length; i < l; i++) { }}<li class='item'>{{= it.list[i] }}</li>{{ } }}</ul></div>");
          
  window.baseHtml = "<div><h1 class='header'></h1><h2 class='header2'></h2><h3 class='header3'></h3><h4 class='header4'></h4><h5 class='header5'></h5><h6 class='header6'></h6><ul class='list'><li class='item'></li></ul></div>";
  
  window.dustTemplate = dust.compileFn("<div><h1 class='header'>{header}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{header2}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{header3}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{header4}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{header5}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{header6}</h6><ul class='list'>{#list}<li class='item'>{.}</li>{/list}</ul></div>");

window.funcdTemplate = function(t, it) {
    return t.div(function() {
      t.h1({
        "class": "header"
      }, it.header);
      t.h2({
        "class": "header"
      }, it.header2);
      t.h3({
        "class": "header"
      }, it.header3);
      t.h4({
        "class": "header"
      }, it.header4);
      t.h5({
        "class": "header"
      }, it.header5);
      t.h6({
        "class": "header"
      }, it.header6);
      return t.ul(function() {
        var item, _i, _len, _ref, _results;
        _ref = it.list;
        _results = [];
        for (_i = 0, _len = _ref.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
          item = _ref[_i];
          _results.push(t.li(item));
        }
        return _results;
      });
    });
  };
</script>

Test runner

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
Mustache.js Template
Mustache.to_html(mustacheTemplate, sharedVariables);
ready
Jade Template
jade.render(jadeTemplate, {
 locals: sharedVariables,
 filename: 'test.js',
 cache: true
});
ready
Underscore.js Template
underscoreTemplate(sharedVariables);
ready
Handlebars.js
handlebarsTemplate(sharedVariables);
ready
doT.js
doTtemplate(sharedVariables);
ready
ejs
ejss.render(sharedVariables);
ready
Dust.js
dustTemplate(sharedVariables, function() {});
ready
funcd
Funcd.render(funcdTemplate, sharedVariables);
 
ready
ejs Tj
ejsTj(sharedVariables);
ready

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