jQuery addClass(...) vs attr('class', ...) (v8)

Revision 8 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<ol>
  <li>
    Item
  </li>
  <li>
    Item
  </li>
  <li>
    Item
  </li>
  <li>
    Item
  </li>
  <li>
    Item
  </li>
  <li>
    Item
  </li>
  <li>
    Item
  </li>
  <li>
    Item
  </li>
</ol>
<script>
  var $li = $('li');
</script>

Test runner

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
addClass (multiple classes)
$li.addClass('test test1 test2 test3 test4 test5 test6');
$li.removeClass('test');
ready
attr class (multiple classes)
$li.attr('class', 'test test1 test2 test3 test4 test5 test6');
$li.removeClass('test');
ready

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