JS Template Engines Performance (v145)

Revision 145 of this benchmark created on

Description

doT.js vs Mustache.js vs Underscore.js

Preparation HTML

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mustache.js/0.8.1/mustache.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://rawgit.com/documentcloud/underscore/master/underscore.js"></script>
<script src="http://rawgit.com/olado/doT/master/doT.js"></script>


<div id='container'></div>
<script>
  window.sharedVariables = {
    header: "Header",
    header2: "Header2",
    header3: "Header3",
    header4: "Header4",
    header5: "Header5",
    header6: "Header6",
    list: ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10']
  };

  window.mustacheTemplate = "<div><h1 class='header'>{{{header}}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{{header2}}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{{header3}}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{{header4}}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{{header5}}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{{header6}}}</h6><ul class='list'>{{#list}}<li class='item'>{{{.}}}</li>{{/list}}</ul></div>";

  window.underscoreTemplateNoWith = _.template("<div><h1 class='header'><%= data.header %></h1><h2 class='header2'><%= data.header2 %></h2><h3 class='header3'><%= data.header3 %></h3><h4 class='header4'><%= data.header4 %></h4><h5 class='header5'><%= data.header5 %></h5><h6 class='header6'><%= data.header6 %></h6><ul class='list'><% for (var i = 0, l = data.list.length; i < l; i++) { %><li class='item'><%= data.list[i] %></li><% } %></ul></div>", null, {variable: 'data'});

// DOT
window.doTtemplate = doT.template("<div><h1 class='header'>{{=it.header}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{=it.header2}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{=it.header3}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{=it.header4}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{=it.header5}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{=it.header6}}</h6><ul class='list'>{{for(var i = 0,l=it.list.length;i<l;i++) { }}<li class='item'>{{=it.list[i]}}</li>{{ } }}</ul></div>");

</script>

Test runner

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
mustache.js
Mustache.render(mustacheTemplate, sharedVariables);
ready
doT.js
doTtemplate(sharedVariables);
ready
underscore.js no "with"
underscoreTemplateNoWith(sharedVariables);
ready
mustache.js append jQuery
$("#container").html(Mustache.render(mustacheTemplate, sharedVariables));
ready
doT.js append jQuery
$("#container").html(doTtemplate(sharedVariables));
ready
underscore.js no "with" append jQuery
$("#container").html(underscoreTemplateNoWith(sharedVariables));
ready
mustache.js append JS
document.getElementById("container").innerHTML = Mustache.render(mustacheTemplate, sharedVariables);
ready
doT.js append JS
document.getElementById("container").innerHTML = doTtemplate(sharedVariables);
ready
underscore.js no "with" append JS
document.getElementById("container").innerHTML = underscoreTemplateNoWith(sharedVariables);
ready

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