innerHTML vs createElement test (v57)

Revision 57 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

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

Setup

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

Teardown


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

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

}

container.appendChild(outerdiv);
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Jquery appendTo
var container = $("#container");
var outerdiv = $("<div>");

for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
  var div = $("<div>");
  var span = $("<div>");

  //span.text(i);
  span.appendTo(div);
  div.appendTo(outerdiv)

}

container.append(outerdiv);
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Jquery appendTo[0]
var container = $("#container");
var outerdiv = $("<div>");

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

  //span.text(i);
  div[0].appendChild(span[0]);
  outerdiv[0].appendChild(div[0])

}

  container[0].appendChild(outerdiv[0]);
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Document fragment
var container = document.getElementById('container');
var outerdiv = document.createElement('div');
var buff = document.createDocumentFragment();
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
  var div = document.createElement('div');
  var span = document.createElement('span');

  //span.innerHTML = i;
  div.appendChild(span);
  buff.appendChild(div);
}
outerdiv.appendChild(buff);
container.appendChild(outerdiv);
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