jQuery append vs html vs innerHTML vs createElement list performance (v102)

Revision 102 of this benchmark created on

Description

Just a simple example showing the speed difference between populating a list with .append() & .html() innerHTML and createElement

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<div id="list" style="display:none;">
</div>

Setup

var len = 200;

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Testing in
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jquery .append()
var html = "";
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  html += '<div>Test ' + i + '</div>';
  
}
$('#list').append(html);
ready
jQuery .html()
var html = '';
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  html += '<div>Test ' + i + '</div>';
}

$('#list').html(html);
ready
javascript innerHTML
var list = document.getElementById('list');
var html = '';

for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  html += '<div>Test ' + i + '</div>';
}

list.innerHTML = html;
ready
createElement appendChild
var list = document.getElementById("list");

for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  var div = document.createElement("div");
  div.textContent = "Test "+i;
  list.appendChild(div);
}
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