jQuery append vs html vs innerHTML list performance (v15)

Revision 15 of this benchmark created by Adam 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="height:400px;overflow-y:scroll;">
</div>

Setup

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

Teardown


    $('#list').empty();

Test runner

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
jquery .append()
$('#list').append(html);
ready
jQuery .html()
$('#list').html(html);
ready
javascript innerHTML
document.getElementById('list').innerHTML = html;
ready
jquery .append() single
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  $('#list').append('<div>Test ' + i + '</div>');
}
ready
jquery .append() single $
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  $('#list').append(elems[i]);
}
ready
jquery .append() $
$('#list').append(elems);
ready

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