jQuery append vs html vs innerHTML list performance (v170)

Revision 170 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 = 20;

Test runner

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Testing in
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jquery .append()
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  var html = '<div style="display:none">Test ' + i + '</div>';
  $('#list').append(html);
}
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jQuery .html()
var html = '';
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  html += '<div style="display:none">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 style="display:none">Test ' + i + '</div>';
}
ready

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