Fast Template JS engine rumble: Riot.js vs Templayed.js vs doT.js (v39)

Revision 39 of this benchmark created by fasdf on


Description

Compares Riot.js, templayed.js and doT.js.

Preparation HTML

<script>
/* Riot 1.0.0, @license MIT, (c) 2014 Muut Inc + contributors */
(function(e){"use strict";e.observable=function(e){var t={},n=[].slice;e.on=function(n,r){if(typeof r==="function"){n.replace(/[^\s]+/g,function(e,n){(t[e]=t[e]||[]).push(r);r.typed=n>0})}return e};e.off=function(n){n.replace(/[^\s]+/g,function(e){t[e]=[]});if(n=="*")t={};return e};e.one=function(t,n){if(n)n.one=true;return e.on(t,n)};e.trigger=function(r){var o=n.call(arguments,1),u=t[r]||[];for(var i=0,f;f=u[i];++i){if(!f.busy){f.busy=true;f.apply(e,f.typed?[r].concat(o):o);if(f.one){u.splice(i,1);i--}f.busy=false}}return e};return e};var t={},n={"\\":"\\\\","\n":"\\n","\r":"\\r","'":"\\'"},r={"&":"&amp;",'"':"&quot;","<":"&lt;",">":"&gt;"};function o(e,t){return e==undefined?"":(e+"").replace(/[&\"<>]/g,function(e){return r[e]})}e.render=function(e,r,u){if(u===true)u=o;e=e||"";return(t[e]=t[e]||new Function("_","e","try { return '"+e.replace(/[\\\n\r']/g,function(e){return n[e]}).replace(/{\s*([\w\.]+)\s*}/g,"' + (e?e(_.$1,'$1'):_.$1||(_.$1==undefined?'':_.$1)) + '")+"' } catch(e) { return '' }"))(r,u)};if(typeof top!="object")return;var u,i=e.observable({}),f=window.addEventListener,c=document;function a(e){e=e.type?location.hash:e;if(e!=u)i.trigger("pop",e);u=e}if(f){f("popstate",a,false);c.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",a,false)}else{c.attachEvent("onreadystatechange",function(){if(c.readyState==="complete")a("")})}e.route=function(e){if(typeof e==="function")return i.on("pop",e);if(history.pushState)history.pushState(0,0,e);a(e)}})(typeof top=="object"?window.riot={}:exports);
// templayed
if (typeof(templayed) == "undefined") {

// *
// * templayed.js {version} (Uncompressed)
// * The fastest and smallest Mustache compliant Javascript templating library written in 1806 bytes (uncompressed)
// *
// * (c) {year} Paul Engel (Internetbureau Holder B.V.)
// * Except otherwise noted, templayed.js is licensed under
// * http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
// *
// * $Date: {date} $
// *

templayed = function(template, vars) {

  var get = function(path, i) {
    i = 1; path = path.replace(/\.\.\//g, function() { i++; return ''; });
    var js = ['vars[vars.length - ', i, ']'], keys = (path == "." ? [] : path.split(".")), j = 0;
    for (j; j < keys.length; j++) { js.push('.' + keys[j]); };
    return js.join('');
  }, tag = function(template) {
    return template.replace(/\{\{(!|&|\{)?\s*(.*?)\s*}}+/g, function(match, operator, context) {
      if (operator == "!") return '';
      var i = inc++;
      return ['"; var o', i, ' = ', get(context), ', s', i, ' = typeof(o', i, ') == "function" ? o', i, '.call(vars[vars.length - 1]) : o', i, '; s', i,' = ( s', i,' || s', i,' == 0 ? s', i,': "") + ""; s += ',
        (operator ? ('s' + i) : '(/[&"><]/.test(s' + i + ') ? s' + i + '.replace(/&/g,"&amp;").replace(/"/g,"&quot;").replace(/>/g,"&gt;").replace(/</g,"&lt;") : s' + i + ')'), ' + "'
      ].join('');
    });
  }, block = function(template) {
    return tag(template.replace(/\{\{(\^|#)(.*?)}}(.*?)\{\{\/\2}}/g, function(match, operator, key, context) {
      var i = inc++;
      return ['"; var o', i, ' = ', get(key), '; ',
        (operator == "^" ?
          ['if ((o', i, ' instanceof Array) ? !o', i, '.length : !o', i, ') { s += "', block(context), '"; } '] :
          ['if (typeof(o', i, ') == "boolean" && o', i, ') { s += "', block(context), '"; } else if (o', i, ') { for (var i', i, ' = 0; i', i, ' < o',
            i, '.length; i', i, '++) { vars.push(o', i, '[i', i, ']); s += "', block(context), '"; vars.pop(); }}']
        ).join(''), '; s += "'].join('');
    }));
  }, inc = 0;

  return new Function("vars", 'vars = [vars], s = "' + block(template.replace(/"/g, '\\"').replace(/\n/g, '\\n')) + '"; return s;');
};

templayed.version = "{version}";

}
// doT
(function(){function o(){var a={"&":"&#38;","<":"&#60;",">":"&#62;",'"':"&#34;","'":"&#39;","/":"&#47;"},b=/&(?!#?\w+;)|<|>|"|'|\//g;return function(){return this?this.replace(b,function(c){return a[c]||c}):this}}function p(a,b,c){return(typeof b==="string"?b:b.toString()).replace(a.define||i,function(l,e,f,g){if(e.indexOf("def.")===0)e=e.substring(4);if(!(e in c))if(f===":"){a.defineParams&&g.replace(a.defineParams,function(n,h,d){c[e]={arg:h,text:d}});e in c||(c[e]=g)}else(new Function("def","def['"+
e+"']="+g))(c);return""}).replace(a.use||i,function(l,e){if(a.useParams)e=e.replace(a.useParams,function(g,n,h,d){if(c[h]&&c[h].arg&&d){g=(h+":"+d).replace(/'|\\/g,"_");c.__exp=c.__exp||{};c.__exp[g]=c[h].text.replace(RegExp("(^|[^\\w$])"+c[h].arg+"([^\\w$])","g"),"$1"+d+"$2");return n+"def.__exp['"+g+"']"}});var f=(new Function("def","return "+e))(c);return f?p(a,f,c):f})}function m(a){return a.replace(/\\('|\\)/g,"$1").replace(/[\r\t\n]/g," ")}var j={version:"1.0.1",templateSettings:{evaluate:/\{\{([\s\S]+?(\}?)+)\}\}/g,
interpolate:/\{\{=([\s\S]+?)\}\}/g,encode:/\{\{!([\s\S]+?)\}\}/g,use:/\{\{#([\s\S]+?)\}\}/g,useParams:/(^|[^\w$])def(?:\.|\[[\'\"])([\w$\.]+)(?:[\'\"]\])?\s*\:\s*([\w$\.]+|\"[^\"]+\"|\'[^\']+\'|\{[^\}]+\})/g,define:/\{\{##\s*([\w\.$]+)\s*(\:|=)([\s\S]+?)#\}\}/g,defineParams:/^\s*([\w$]+):([\s\S]+)/,conditional:/\{\{\?(\?)?\s*([\s\S]*?)\s*\}\}/g,iterate:/\{\{~\s*(?:\}\}|([\s\S]+?)\s*\:\s*([\w$]+)\s*(?:\:\s*([\w$]+))?\s*\}\})/g,varname:"it",strip:true,append:true,selfcontained:false},template:undefined,
compile:undefined},q;if(typeof module!=="undefined"&&module.exports)module.exports=j;else if(typeof define==="function"&&define.amd)define(function(){return j});else{q=function(){return this||(0,eval)("this")}();q.doT=j}String.prototype.encodeHTML=o();var r={append:{start:"'+(",end:")+'",endencode:"||'').toString().encodeHTML()+'"},split:{start:"';out+=(",end:");out+='",endencode:"||'').toString().encodeHTML();out+='"}},i=/$^/;j.template=function(a,b,c){b=b||j.templateSettings;var l=b.append?r.append:
r.split,e,f=0,g;a=b.use||b.define?p(b,a,c||{}):a;a=("var out='"+(b.strip?a.replace(/(^|\r|\n)\t* +| +\t*(\r|\n|$)/g," ").replace(/\r|\n|\t|\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//g,""):a).replace(/'|\\/g,"\\$&").replace(b.interpolate||i,function(h,d){return l.start+m(d)+l.end}).replace(b.encode||i,function(h,d){e=true;return l.start+m(d)+l.endencode}).replace(b.conditional||i,function(h,d,k){return d?k?"';}else if("+m(k)+"){out+='":"';}else{out+='":k?"';if("+m(k)+"){out+='":"';}out+='"}).replace(b.iterate||i,function(h,
d,k,s){if(!d)return"';} } out+='";f+=1;g=s||"i"+f;d=m(d);return"';var arr"+f+"="+d+";if(arr"+f+"){var "+k+","+g+"=-1,l"+f+"=arr"+f+".length-1;while("+g+"<l"+f+"){"+k+"=arr"+f+"["+g+"+=1];out+='"}).replace(b.evaluate||i,function(h,d){return"';"+m(d)+"out+='"})+"';return out;").replace(/\n/g,"\\n").replace(/\t/g,"\\t").replace(/\r/g,"\\r").replace(/(\s|;|\}|^|\{)out\+='';/g,"$1").replace(/\+''/g,"").replace(/(\s|;|\}|^|\{)out\+=''\+/g,"$1out+=");if(e&&b.selfcontained)a="String.prototype.encodeHTML=("+
o.toString()+"());"+a;try{return new Function(b.varname,a)}catch(n){typeof console!=="undefined"&&console.log("Could not create a template function: "+a);throw n;}};j.compile=function(a,b){return j.template(a,null,b)}})();</script>

Setup

var tests = [{
      template: "<p>My name is {{name}}!</p>",
      variables: {
        name: "Paul Engel"
      }
    }, {
      template: "<p>{{html}}</p>",
      variables: {
        html: "<strong>Paul Engel</strong>"
      }
    }, {
      template: "<p>My name is {{person.first_name}} {{person.last_name}}!</p>",
      variables: {
        person: {
          first_name: "Paul",
          last_name: "Engel"
        }
      }
    }]
    var templates = {
      "riot.js": [],
      "templayed.js": [],
      "doT.js": []
    }
    for (var i = 0; i < tests.length; i++) {
      var template = tests[i].template
      templates["riot.js"].push(template.replace(/({[^{}]+})/g, "$1"))
      templates["templayed.js"].push(template)
      templates["doT.js"].push(template.replace(/{{/g, "{{=it."))
    }

Test runner

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
riot.js
for (var i = 0; i < tests.length; i++) {
  riot.render(templates["riot.js"][i], tests[i].variables);
}
ready
templayed.js
for (var i = 0; i < tests.length; i++) {
  templayed(["templayed.js"][i])(tests[i].variables);
}
ready
doT.js
for (var i = 0; i < tests.length; i++) {
  doT.template(templates["doT.js"][i])(tests[i].variables);
}
ready

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