JS Template Engines Performance (v5)

Revision 5 of this benchmark created by Tobias Otte on

Description

Preparation HTML

<script src="http://sb.taurus.uberspace.de/jslib/jquery-1.7.1.min.js"></script>

<script src="http://sb.taurus.uberspace.de/jslib/underscore-1.3.1.min.js"></script>

<script src="http://sb.taurus.uberspace.de/jslib/jquery.mustache-0.5.0.min.js"></script>

<script src="http://sb.taurus.uberspace.de/jslib/jquery.tmpl.min.js"></script>

<script src="http://sb.taurus.uberspace.de/jslib/handlebars.1.0.beta.5.js"></script>

<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2011.3.1129/js/kendo.core.min.js"></script>

<script src="http://sb.taurus.uberspace.de/jslib/dust-full-0.3.0.min.js"></script>

<!--External Template Definitions-->
<script type="text/x-kendo-template" id="kendoUIextTemplate"><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></script>

<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.underscoreTemplate = _.template("<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'><% for (var i = 0, l = list.length; i < l; i++) { %><li class='item'><%= list[i] %></li><% } %></ul></div>");

  window.jQueryTemplate = $.template(null, "<div><h1 class='header'>{{html header}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{html header2}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{html header3}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{html header4}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{html header5}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{html header6}}</h6><ul class='list'>{{each list}}<li class='item'>{{html $value}}</li>{{/each}}</ul></div>");

  window.handlebarsTemplate = Handlebars.compile("<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'>{{#each list}}<li class='item'>{{this}}</li>{{/each}}</ul></div>");


  Handlebars.template((function(){var a=Handlebars.template,b=Handlebars.templates=Handlebars.templates||{};b.handlebarsTemplatePrecompiled=a(function(a,b,c,d,e){function p(a,b){var c="",d;return c+="<li class='item'>",d=a,typeof d===l?d=d.call(a,{hash:{}}):d===n&&(d=m.call(a,"this",{hash:{}})),c+=o(d)+"</li>",c}c=c||a.helpers;var f="",g,h,i,j,k=this,l="function",m=c.helperMissing,n=void 0,o=this.escapeExpression;f+="<div><h1 class='header'>",i=c.header,g=i||b.header,typeof g===l?g=g.call(b,{hash:{}}):g===n&&(g=m.call(b,"header",{hash:{}})),f+=o(g)+"</h1><h2 class='header2'>",i=c.header2,g=i||b.header2,typeof g===l?g=g.call(b,{hash:{}}):g===n&&(g=m.call(b,"header2",{hash:{}})),f+=o(g)+"</h2><h3 class='header3'>",i=c.header3,g=i||b.header3,typeof g===l?g=g.call(b,{hash:{}}):g===n&&(g=m.call(b,"header3",{hash:{}})),f+=o(g)+"</h3><h4 class='header4'>",i=c.header4,g=i||b.header4,typeof g===l?g=g.call(b,{hash:{}}):g===n&&(g=m.call(b,"header4",{hash:{}})),f+=o(g)+"</h4><h5 class='header5'>",i=c.header5,g=i||b.header5,typeof g===l?g=g.call(b,{hash:{}}):g===n&&(g=m.call(b,"header5",{hash:{}})),f+=o(g)+"</h5><h6 class='header6'>",i=c.header6,g=i||b.header6,typeof g===l?g=g.call(b,{hash:{}}):g===n&&(g=m.call(b,"header6",{hash:{}})),f+=o(g)+"</h6><ul class='list'>",i=c.list,g=i||b.list,h=c.each,j=k.program(1,p,e),j.hash={},j.fn=j,j.inverse=k.noop,g=h.call(b,g,j);if(g||g===0)f+=g;return f+="</ul></div>\n",f})})());

  //Resig Template Function (modified to support ')
  function tmpl(str) {
              var strFunc =
              "var p=[];" +
                          "with(obj){p.push('" +
  
              str.replace(/[\r\t\n]/g, " ")
                 .replace(/'(?=[^#]*#>)/g, "\t")
                 .split("'").join("\\'")
                 .split("\t").join("'")
                 .replace(/<#=(.+?)#>/g, "',$1,'")
                 .split("<#").join("');")
                 .split("#>").join("p.push('")
                 + "');}return p.join('');";
  
              return new Function("obj", strFunc);
          }
  
  window.resig = tmpl("<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'><# for (var i = 0, l = list.length; i < l; i++) { #><li class='item'><#= list[i] #></li><# } #></ul></div>");
  
  //Resig modified template function (no "with" block)
  function tmpl2(str) {
              var strFunc =
              "var p=[];" +
                          "p.push('" +
  
              str.replace(/[\r\t\n]/g, " ")
                 .replace(/'(?=[^#]*#>)/g, "\t")
                 .split("'").join("\\'")
                 .split("\t").join("'")
                 .replace(/<#=(.+?)#>/g, "',$1,'")
                 .split("<#").join("');")
                 .split("#>").join("p.push('")
                 + "');return p.join('');";
  
              return new Function("data", strFunc);
          }
  
  window.resig2 = tmpl2("<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>");

  window.kendouiTemplate = kendo.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>", {useWithBlock: true});
  
  window.kendouiTemplate2 = kendo.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>", {useWithBlock: false});
  
  //Use external template definition
  window.kendoUIAlt1 = kendo.template($("#kendoUIextTemplate").html());
  window.kendoUIAlt2 = kendo.template($("#kendoUIextTemplate").html(), {useWithBlock: false});

  window.dustTemplate1 = function(content) {
    dust.loadSource(dust.compile( "<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>", "dustTemplate1"));
    dust.render("dustTemplate1", content, function() {});
  };

   window.dustTemplatePrecompiled = (function(){dust.register("dustTemplatePrecompiled",body_0);function body_0(chk,ctx){return chk.write("<div><h1 class='header'>").reference(ctx.get("header"),ctx,"h").write("</h1><h2 class='header2'>").reference(ctx.get("header2"),ctx,"h").write("</h2><h3 class='header3'>").reference(ctx.get("header3"),ctx,"h").write("</h3><h4 class='header4'>").reference(ctx.get("header4"),ctx,"h").write("</h4><h5 class='header5'>").reference(ctx.get("header5"),ctx,"h").write("</h5><h6 class='header6'>").reference(ctx.get("header6"),ctx,"h").write("</h6><ul class='list'>").section(ctx.get("list"),ctx,{"block":body_1},null).write("</ul></div>");}function body_1(chk,ctx){return chk.write("<li class='item'>").reference(ctx.getPath(true,[]),ctx,"h").write("</li>");}return body_0;})();

  window.dustTemplate2 = function(content) {
    dust.loadSource(dustTemplatePrecompiled, "dustTemplatePrecompiled");
    dust.render("dustTemplatePrecompiled", content, function() {});
  };

  window.dustTemplatePrecompiledCached = (function(){dust.register("dustTemplatePrecompiledCached",body_0);function body_0(chk,ctx){return chk.write("<div><h1 class='header'>").reference(ctx.get("header"),ctx,"h").write("</h1><h2 class='header2'>").reference(ctx.get("header2"),ctx,"h").write("</h2><h3 class='header3'>").reference(ctx.get("header3"),ctx,"h").write("</h3><h4 class='header4'>").reference(ctx.get("header4"),ctx,"h").write("</h4><h5 class='header5'>").reference(ctx.get("header5"),ctx,"h").write("</h5><h6 class='header6'>").reference(ctx.get("header6"),ctx,"h").write("</h6><ul class='list'>").section(ctx.get("list"),ctx,{"block":body_1},null).write("</ul></div>");}function body_1(chk,ctx){return chk.write("<li class='item'>").reference(ctx.getPath(true,[]),ctx,"h").write("</li>");}return body_0;})();

    dust.loadSource(dustTemplatePrecompiledCached, "dustTemplatePrecompiledCached");

  window.dustTemplate3 = function(content) {
    dust.render("dustTemplatePrecompiledCached", content, function() {});
  };

</script>

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mustache.js
$.mustache(mustacheTemplate, sharedVariables);
ready
underscore.js
underscoreTemplate(sharedVariables);
ready
jquery.tmpl.js
jQueryTemplate($, {
 data: sharedVariables
}).join("");
ready
handlebar.js
handlebarsTemplate(sharedVariables);
ready
handlebar.js (precompiled)
Handlebars.templates.handlebarsTemplatePrecompiled(sharedVariables);
ready
dust.js
dustTemplate1(sharedVariables);
ready
dust.js (precompiled)
dustTemplate2(sharedVariables);
ready
dust.js (precompiled, cached)
dustTemplate3(sharedVariables);
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