innerHTML vs removeChild (v204)

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Description

what method for empty a element is faster ?

Preparation HTML

<div id='box'></div>

Setup

var box = document.getElementById('box');
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Teardown


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removeChild
while (box.firstChild) {
  box.removeChild(box.firstChild);
}
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innerHTML
box.innerHTML = '';
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cached removeChild
var child = null;
while (child = box.firstChild) {
  box.removeChild(child);
}
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