performance comparison of jQuery Template vs underscore vs string append for table (v23)

Revision 23 of this benchmark created by Sammy on

Description

To test performance of jQuery template for outputting 100 rows each with 10 columns where the columns have fields that can trigger events.

Preparation HTML

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script src="http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jquery.templates/beta1/jquery.tmpl.js">
</script>
<script src="http://documentcloud.github.com/underscore/underscore-min.js">
</script>
<script src="http://github.com/janl/mustache.js/raw/master/mustache.js">
</script>
<script src="https://raw.github.com/BorisMoore/jsrender/master/jsrender.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  $(function() {
    $('body').delegate('#table .edit a, #table .select a', 'click', function() {
      var $td = $(this).closest('td');
      $td.find('input, select').show();
      $td.find('a').hide();
    });

    $('body').delegate('#table .edit .cancel, $table .select .cancel', 'click', function() {
      var $td = $(this).closest('td');
      $td.find('input, select').hide();
      $td.find('a').show();
    });
  });
</script>
<script type="text/x-jquery-tmpl" id="tmplRow">
  < tr > < td > < input type = "checkbox"
  value = "${id}" / > < /td>
  <td>${firstName} ${lastName}</td > < td class = "edit" > < a > Edit < /a>
    <input style="display:none;" type="hidden" value="Blah" / > < input class = "cancel"
  type = "button"
  value = "cancel" / > < /td>
  <td class="select">
      <a>Select</a > < select style = "display:none;" > < option > 0 < /option>
        <option>1</option > < option > 2 < /option>
        <option>3</option > < option > 4 < /option>
        <option>5</option > < option > 6 < /option>
        <option>7</option > < option > 8 < /option>
        <option>9</option > < option > 10 < /option>
       </select > < input class = "cancel"
  type = "button"
  value = "cancel" / > < /td>
   <td>More string</td > < td > More string < /td>
   <td>More string</td > < td > More string < /td>
   <td>More string</td > < td > More string < /td>
</tr >
</script>
<script>
  var data = [];

  for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
    var row = {
      id: i,
      firstName: 'john',
      lastName: 'doe'
    };

    data.push(row);
  }

  $.template("savedTmpl", document.getElementById("tmplRow").innerHTML);

  var underscoreTmpl = "\
    <%for(var i=0;i<rows.length;i++){%>\
    <%var row=rows[i];%> \
    <tr> \
      <td> <input type = 'checkbox' value = '<%= row.id%>' /> </td>\
      <td><%= row.firstname%> <%= row.lastname%></td> \
      <td class = 'edit'> \
        <a> Edit </a>\
        <input style='display:none;' type='hidden' value='Blah' /> \
        <input class = 'cancel' type = 'button' value = 'cancel' /> \
      </td>\
      <td class='select'>\
          <a>Select</a> \
          <select style = 'display:none;'> \
            <option>0</option>\
            <option>1</option> \
            <option>2</option>\
            <option>3</option> \
            <option>4</option>\
            <option>5</option> \
            <option>6</option>\
            <option>7</option> \
            <option>8</option>\
            <option>9</option> \
            <option>10</option>\
           </select> \
            <input class = 'cancel' type = 'button' value = 'cancel' /> \
       </td>\
       <td>More string</td> \
       <td>More string</td>\
       <td>More string</td> \
       <td>More string</td>\
       <td>More string</td> \
       <td>More string</td>\
    </tr ><%}%>";

  var mustacheTmpl = "\
    {{#rows}}\
    <tr> \
      <td> <input type = 'checkbox' value = '{{id}}' /> </td>\
      <td>{{firstname}} {{lastname}}</td> \
      <td class = 'edit'> \
        <a> Edit </a>\
        <input style='display:none;' type='hidden' value='Blah' /> \
        <input class = 'cancel' type = 'button' value = 'cancel' /> \
      </td>\
      <td class='select'>\
          <a>Select</a> \
          <select style = 'display:none;'> \
            <option>0</option>\
            <option>1</option> \
            <option>2</option>\
            <option>3</option> \
            <option>4</option>\
            <option>5</option> \
            <option>6</option>\
            <option>7</option> \
            <option>8</option>\
            <option>9</option> \
            <option>10</option>\
           </select> \
            <input class = 'cancel' type = 'button' value = 'cancel' /> \
       </td>\
       <td>More string</td> \
       <td>More string</td>\
       <td>More string</td> \
       <td>More string</td>\
       <td>More string</td> \
       <td>More string</td>\
    </tr >{{/rows}}"

var jsRenderTmpl = "\
    <tr> \
      <td> <input type = 'checkbox' value = '{{=id}}' /> </td>\
      <td>{{=firstname}} {{=lastname}}</td> \
      <td class = 'edit'> \
        <a> Edit </a>\
        <input style='display:none;' type='hidden' value='Blah' /> \
        <input class = 'cancel' type = 'button' value = 'cancel' /> \
      </td>\
      <td class='select'>\
          <a>Select</a> \
          <select style = 'display:none;'> \
            <option>0</option>\
            <option>1</option> \
            <option>2</option>\
            <option>3</option> \
            <option>4</option>\
            <option>5</option> \
            <option>6</option>\
            <option>7</option> \
            <option>8</option>\
            <option>9</option> \
            <option>10</option>\
           </select> \
            <input class = 'cancel' type = 'button' value = 'cancel' /> \
       </td>\
       <td>More string</td> \
       <td>More string</td>\
       <td>More string</td> \
       <td>More string</td>\
       <td>More string</td> \
       <td>More string</td>\
    </tr >"
</script>

Test runner

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
jQuery templates
var html1 = $("#tmplRow").tmpl(data)
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string padding method
var s = [];

for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
  s.push('<tr><td><input type="checkbox" value="' + data[i].id + '" /></td><td>' + data[i].firstName + ' ' + data[i].lastName + '</td>' + '<td class="edit">        <a>Edit</a>        <input style="display:none;" type="hidden" value="Blah" />        <input class="cancel" type="button" value="cancel" />    </td>    <td class="select">        <a>Select</a>        <select style="display:none;">            <option>0</option>            <option>1</option>            <option>2</option>            <option>3</option>            <option>4</option>            <option>5</option>            <option>6</option>            <option>7</option>            <option>8</option>            <option>9</option>            <option>10</option>        </select>        <input class="cancel" type="button" value="cancel" />    </td>    <td>More string</td>    <td>More string</td>    <td>More string</td>    <td>More string</td>    <td>More string</td>    <td>More string</td></tr>');
}

var html2 = s.join('');
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Precompiled jQuery template
var html3 = $.tmpl("savedTmpl", data);
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Underscore.js
var untpl = _.template(underscoreTmpl);
var html4 = untpl({
  rows: data
});
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mustache js
var html = Mustache.to_html(mustacheTmpl, {rows:data});
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jsrender
var html = $.render(data, jsRenderTmpl );
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String concat
var s;

for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
  s += '<tr><td><input type="checkbox" value="' + data[i].id + '" /></td><td>' + data[i].firstName + ' ' + data[i].lastName + '</td>' + '<td class="edit">        <a>Edit</a>        <input style="display:none;" type="hidden" value="Blah" />        <input class="cancel" type="button" value="cancel" />    </td>    <td class="select">        <a>Select</a>        <select style="display:none;">            <option>0</option>            <option>1</option>            <option>2</option>            <option>3</option>            <option>4</option>            <option>5</option>            <option>6</option>            <option>7</option>            <option>8</option>            <option>9</option>            <option>10</option>        </select>        <input class="cancel" type="button" value="cancel" />    </td>    <td>More string</td>    <td>More string</td>    <td>More string</td>    <td>More string</td>    <td>More string</td>    <td>More string</td></tr>';
}

var html7 = s;
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