jQuery .find() vs. context selector vs non-context selector (v12)

Revision 12 of this benchmark created by James Fuller 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>

Setup

var article = document.querySelector('article');

Test runner

Ready to run.

Testing in
TestOps/sec
find method
var hasFrame = $(article).find('iframe').length > 0 ? true : false;

 
ready
context method
var hasFrame = $('iframe', article).length > 0 ? true : false;
ready
non-context method
var hasFrame = $('iframe').length > 0 ? true : false;
ready

Revisions

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