jQuery vs. Prototype vs. _j (v31)

Revision 31 of this benchmark created on

Description

This is a comparison of selector engine speed between jQuery 2.0.3 and Prototype 1.6.1 and _j 0.4

Curious to see how _j performs

(selector only)

Preparation HTML

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/prototype/1.6.1/prototype.js">
</script>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-2.0.3.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://lzacorp.com/_jv0.4/_j.min.js"></script>
<script>
$.noConflict();
</script>


</head>
<body>
<ul id="list">
<li>
<ul class="sublist">
<li>
item1
</li>
<li>
item2
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<ul class="sublist">
<li>
item1
</li>
<li>
item2
</li>
</ul>
</li><li>
<ul class="sublist">
<li>
item1
</li>
<li>
item2
</li>
</ul>
</li><li>
<ul class="sublist">
<li>
item1
</li>
<li>
item2
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>

Test runner

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
Prototype
$$("#list .sublist li");
ready
jquery
jQuery("#list .sublist li");
ready
_j
_jSel("#list .sublist li");
ready

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