jQuery create markup (v6)

Revision 6 of this benchmark created on

Description

Benchmark to test what's the fastest way to create a new element in jQuery. The test compare 3 cases:

  • Passing only the opening tag
  • Passing the opening and closing tag
  • Passing an empty tag

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script>

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Testing in
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$('<div>')
$('button').on("click");
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$('<div></div>')
$('button').click();
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