pubsub.js vs jQuery events (v16)

Revision 16 of this benchmark created on

Description

pubsub.js tend to be the richest in functionality publish/subscribe JavaScript library.

pubsub.js library

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://ryejs.com/dist/rye-0.1.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://rawgit.com/Sahadar/pubsub.js/sahadar/extended_subscription/pubsub.js"></script>
<script>
  var callback1 = function(event) {
    return false;
  };
  var callback2 = function() {};
  var payload = {
   somekey: 'some value'
  };
  var body;
  var someJqueryObject = $({});
  
  // let's use jQuery.ready to make sure that the DOM is ready,
  // before trying to work with it
  jQuery(function() {
   // we'll use the body element to exchange messages for jQuery
   // if using deeper nested elements, jQuery will be slower, as custom events bubble
   body = $('body');
  
   // subscribe our callback1 function to the custom event for jQuery, only once
   body.bind('my-event', callback1);
  
   // subscribe our callback1 function to the custom event for the plain jQuery object (non-DOM)
   someJqueryObject.bind('my-event', callback1);
  
   // subscribe our callback2 function to the message for PubSub
   pubsub.subscribe('my-event', callback2)

   // subscribe the callback2 function to the message for Rye
   Rye.subscribe('my-event', callback2)
  
   // Use document instead of 'body' as the anchor for custom events
   doc = $(document)
  });
</script>

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
jQuery DOM - trigger
body.trigger('my-event', payload);
ready
jQuery Object - trigger
someJqueryObject.trigger('my-event', payload);
ready
pubsub.js - publish
pubsub.publish('my-event', [payload]);
ready
jQuery document - trigger
doc.trigger('my-event', payload);
ready
Rye - publish
Rye.publish('my-event', payload);
ready

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