named vs inline templates in Knockout.js (v6)

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Preparation HTML

<div id="main" data-bind="template: tmplName"></div>

<script id="templateDummy" type="text/html"></script>

<script id="templateInline" type="text/html">
    <table data-bind="template: { foreach: rows }">
        <tr data-bind="template: { foreach: cells }">
            <td data-bind="text: 'Cell ' + id()"></td>
        </tr>
    </table>
</script>

<script id="templateMemory" type="text/html">
    <table data-bind="template: { foreach: rows, id: 'templateRow' }">
        <tr data-bind="template: { foreach: cells, id: 'templateCell' }">
            <td data-bind="text: 'Cell ' + id()"></td>
        </tr>
    </table>
</script>

<script id="templateNamed" type="text/html">
    <table data-bind="template: { foreach: rows, name: 'templateRow' }"></table>
</script>
<script id="templateRow" type="text/html">
    <tr data-bind="template: { foreach: cells, name: 'templateCell' }"></tr>
</script>
<script id="templateCell" type="text/html">
     <td data-bind="text: 'Cell ' + id()"></td>
</script>


<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://github.com/SteveSanderson/knockout/raw/master/build/output/knockout-latest.js">
</script>

<script>
function Cell(id) {
    this.id = ko.observable(id);   
}
function Row(id) {
    this.id = ko.observable(id);
    this.cells = ko.observableArray();
}

var viewModel = {
    tmplName: ko.observable('templateDummy'),
    rows: ko.observableArray()
};

for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
    var row = new Row(i);
    
    for (var j = 0; j < 5; j++) {
        row.cells.push(new Cell(i + " - " + j));
    }
    viewModel.rows.push(row);
}
var main = $("#main");
ko.applyBindings(viewModel, main[0]);
</script>

Setup

viewModel.tmplName('templateDummy');

Test runner

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
template named
viewModel.tmplName('templateNamed');
viewModel.tmplName.notifySubscribers();
ready
template inline
viewModel.tmplName('templateInline');
viewModel.tmplName.notifySubscribers();
ready

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