jQuery append vs html vs innerHTML list performance (v19)

Revision 19 of this benchmark created by suraj on

Description

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

Preparation HTML

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

Setup

var len = 20;

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
jquery .append()
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  $('#list').append('<div>Test ' + i + '</div>');
}
ready
jQuery .html()
var html = '';
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  html += '<div>Test ' + i + '</div>';
}

$('#list').html(html);
ready
javascript innerHTML
var html = '';
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  html += '<div>Test ' + i + '</div>';
}

document.getElementById('list').innerHTML = html;
ready
jquery .append() once
var html = '';
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  html += '<div>Test ' + i + '</div>';
}

$('#list').empty().append(html);
ready

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