jQuery append vs html vs innerHTML list performance (v155)

Revision 155 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js">
</script>

<div id="list"></div>

Setup

var len = 10;

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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
javascript innerHTML array
var html = [];
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  html.push('<div>Test ' + i + '</div>');
}

document.getElementById('list').innerHTML = html.join('');
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