jQuery append vs html vs innerHTML list performance (v224)

Revision 224 of this benchmark created by Maurice on

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<div id="list" style="display:none">
</div>

Setup

var len = 20;
  document.getElementById('list').innerHTML = '';  // clean contents

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

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

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