jQuery append vs html vs innerHTML list performance (v143)

Revision 143 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">
</div>

Setup

var len = 20;
    var html = '';
    for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
      html += '<div>Test ' + i + '</div>';
    }

Teardown


    document.getElementById('list').innerHtml = '';

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Testing in
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jquery .append()
$('#list').append(html);
ready
jQuery .html()
$('#list').html(html);
ready
javascript innerHTML
var list = document.getElementById('list');
list.innerHTML += html;
ready

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