innerHTML vs createElement test (v53)

Revision 53 of this benchmark created on


Preparation HTML

<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-git2.min.js"></script>

<div id="container"></div>

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    document.getElementById('container').innerHTML = '';
  

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100 element innerHTML
var innerHTMLstr = '<div>';
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
  innerHTMLstr += '<div><span>' + i + '</span></div>';
}
innerHTMLstr += '</div>';

document.getElementById('container').innerHTML = innerHTMLstr;
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100 element createElement added in sequence
var container = document.getElementById('container');
var outerdiv = document.createElement('div');
container.appendChild(outerdiv);

for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
  var div = document.createElement('div');
  var span = document.createElement('span');

  span.innerHTML = i;
  div.appendChild(span);
  outerdiv.appendChild(div);

}
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100 element createElement bulk add - textnode
var container = document.getElementById('container');
var outerdiv = document.createElement('div');

for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
  var div = document.createElement('div');
  var span = document.createElement('span');

  span.appendChild(document.createTextNode(i));
  div.appendChild(span);
  outerdiv.appendChild(div);

}

container.appendChild(outerdiv);
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100 element createElement bulk add - textContent
var container = document.getElementById('container');
var outerdiv = document.createElement('div');

for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
  var div = document.createElement('div');
  var span = document.createElement('span');

  span.textContent = i;
  div.appendChild(span);
  outerdiv.appendChild(div);

}

container.appendChild(outerdiv);
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100 element createElement bulk add - innertext
var container = document.getElementById('container');
var outerdiv = document.createElement('div');

for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
  var div = document.createElement('div');
  var span = document.createElement('span');

  span.innerText = i;
  div.appendChild(span);
  outerdiv.appendChild(div);

}

container.appendChild(outerdiv);
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Document Fragment
var outerDiv = document.createDocumentFragment();
var container = document.getElementById('container');


for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
  var div = document.createElement('div');
  var span = document.createElement('span');

  span.innerText = i;
  div.appendChild(span);
  outerDiv.appendChild(div);

}

container.appendChild(outerDiv);
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jQuery Append
var main = $('<div>');
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
  main.append('<div><span>' + i + '</span></div>');
}

document.getElementById('container').innerHTML = main;
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jQuery Append clone
var main = $('<div>');
var span = $('<span>');
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
  span.clone().text(i);
  main.append(span)
}

document.getElementById('container').innerHTML = main;
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jQuery Add
var main = $();
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
  main = main.add('<div><span>' + i + '</span></div>');
}

document.getElementById('container').innerHTML = main;
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