jQuery append vs html vs innerHTML list performance (v7)

Revision 7 of this benchmark created on

Description

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

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://raw.github.com/ded/qwery/master/qwery.min.js">
</script>
<script src="https://raw.github.com/ded/bonzo/master/bonzo.min.js">
</script>
<script>
function notJquery(selector) {
  return bonzo(qwery(selector));
}
</script>
<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()
var html = '';
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  html+= '<div>Test ' + i + '</div>';
}
$('#list').append(html);
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
Bonzo/Qwery HTML
var html = '';
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  html+= '<div>Test ' + i + '</div>';
}
notJquery('#list').html(html, "innerHTML");
ready
Bonzo HTML
var html = '';
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  html+= '<div>Test ' + i + '</div>';
}
bonzo(document.getElementById('list')).html(html, "innerHTML");
ready
Bonzo Append
var html = '';
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  html+= '<div>Test ' + i + '</div>';
}
bonzo(document.getElementById('list')).append(html);
ready

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