jQuery append vs html vs innerHTML list performance (v234)

Revision 234 of this benchmark created by Ostap 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;

Test runner

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Testing in
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jquery .append()
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  var 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);
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javascript innerHTML
var list = document.getElementById('list');
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  list.innerHTML = list.innerHTML + '<div>Test ' + i + '</div>';
}
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Concat
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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Fragment
var frag = document.createDocumentFragment();
for (var i = 0, el; i < len; i++) {
  el = document.createElement('div');
  el.textContent = 'Test ' + i;
  frag.appendChild(el);
}

document.getElementById('list').appendChild(frag);
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