jQuery append vs html vs innerHTML list performance (v195)

Revision 195 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;
  list.innerHTML = "";

Teardown



            list.innerHTML = "";

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Testing in
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jquery .append()
var html = ''
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  html += '<div>Test ' + i + '</div>';
}

$('#list').append(html);
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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
var list = document.getElementById('list');
var html = [];
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {

html.push(['<div>Test ' , i , '</div>'].join(''));
  
}

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