getElementsByClassName[0] VS querySelector VS jQuery Selector (v186)

Revision 186 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.1.min.js"></script>
<div>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="#" name="name" class="classname">item 1</a></li>
    <li><a href="#" name="name" class="classname">item 2</a></li>
    <li><a href="#" name="name" class="classname">item 3</a></li>
    <li><a href="#" name="name" class="classname">item 4</a></li>
    <li><a href="#" name="name" class="classname">item 5</a></li>
    <li><a href="#" name="name" class="classname">item 6</a></li>
    <li><a href="#" name="name" class="classname">item 7</a></li>
    <li><a href="#" name="name" class="classname">item 8</a></li>
    <li><a href="#" name="name" class="classname">item 9</a></li>
    <li><a href="#" name="name" class="classname">item 10</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>
<script>
  var nodes1, nodes3, node1, node2, node3;
</script>

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Testing in
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getElementsByClassName[0]
nodes1 = document.getElementsByClassName('classname');
node1 = nodes1.length ? nodes1[0] : null;
ready
querySelector
node2 = document.querySelector('.classname');
ready
jQuery Selector
nodes3 = $('.classname')
node3 = nodes3.length ? nodes3[0] : null;
ready

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