jQuery addClass vs dom classList (v26)

Revision 26 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.2/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script src="http://zeptojs.com/zepto.min.js"></script>
<div id="testDiv">
  <style>
    .class1{ color: red }
  </style>

Setup

z = Zepto;
    
    // addClass (classList detection with jQuery fallback)
    var supportClassList = typeof document.documentElement.classList !== 'undefined';
    
    function addClassF(el,cls)
    {
        var clss;
        if (typeof cls === "string" ) {
           clss = cls.split(" ");
        } else if ( cls instanceof Array ) {
           clss = cls;
        }
        var i = 0, len = clss.length;
        for(; i < len ; i++ )
           el.classList.add(clss[i]);
    }

Test runner

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Testing in
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jquery addClass
$("#testDiv").addClass("class1 class2");
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DOM classList
(function() {
   var e = document.getElementById("testDiv");
   e.classList.add("class1");
   e.classList.add("class2");
})();
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