jQuery append vs html vs innerHTML list performance (v133)

Revision 133 of this benchmark created on

Description

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

Preparation HTML

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<div id="list" style='overflow: scroll;'>
</div>

Setup

var len = 20;

Test runner

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
jquery .append()
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  var 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');
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  list.innerHTML = list.innerHTML + '<div>Test ' + i + '</div>';
}
ready
javascript append
var doc = document.createDocumentFragment(),
  el;
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  el = document.createElement("div");
  el.innerHTML = 'Test ' + i;
  doc.appendChild(el);
}
$('#list')[0].appendChild(doc);
ready

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