jQuery .find() vs. context selector vs selector (v11)

Revision 11 of this benchmark created by Mike Chu on

Description

comparing selector speed

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<article>
  <p>
    A test
  </p>
  <p>
    <iframe>
    </iframe>
  </p>
  <p>
    This is text
  </p>
</article>

Test runner

Ready to run.

Testing in
TestOps/sec
find method
// async test
var hasFrame = $("article").find("iframe").length > 0 ? true : false;
ready
context method
var hasFrame = $("iframe", "article").length > 0 ? true : false;
ready
selector only
var hasFrame = $("article > iframe").length > 0 ? true : false;
ready

Revisions

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