Get items by class: jQuery vs JS

Benchmark created by Nicolas on

Preparation HTML

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

<div class="container">
<p class="item">item</p>
<p class="item">item</p>
<p class="item">item</p>
<p class="item">item</p>
<p class="item">item</p>
<p class="item">item</p>
<p class="item">item</p>
<p class="item">item</p>
<p class="item">item</p>
<p class="item">item</p>
</div>

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
jQuery Selector
$items = $('.item');
ready
JS Selector
items = document.getElementsByClassName('item');
 
ready
Alternative jQuery Selector
items = document.getElementsByClassName('item');
$items = $(items);
ready

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