innerHTML vs removeChild (v314)

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Description

what method for empty a element is faster ?

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id='box'></div>
<script>
function removeChildren(parent) {
    var ele;
    while (ele = parent.firstChild) {
        removeChildren(ele);
        parent.removeChild(ele);
    }
}
</script>

Setup

var box = document.getElementById('box');
    box.innerHTML = 'sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>s f</b>s df<p>df gsdfg sf g<b>'

Teardown


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removeChild
while (box.firstChild) {
  box.removeChild(box.firstChild);
}
ready
innerHTML
box.innerHTML = '';
ready
removeChild with cache
var ele;
while (ele = box.firstChild) {
  box.removeChild(ele);
}
ready
removeChildren(box);
 
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