jQuery .remove vs. .hide (v49)

Revision 49 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<div id="remove-me"></div>
<div id="hide-me"></div>
<script>
  function init() {
   // The magic init() function will be executed once before every test
   // Still not perfect, but definitely better
   $('<div id="remove-me" />').appendTo('body');
   $('#hide-me').show();
  }
</script>

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Testing in
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.remove()
$('#remove-me').remove();
ready
.hide()
$('#hide-me').hide();
ready
.addClass('hidden')
$('#hide-me').addClass('hidden');
ready
.style.display="none"
document.getElementById('hide-me').style.display = "none";
ready
.parentNode.removeChild
var el = document.getElementById('remove-me');
el.parentNode.removeChild(el);
ready
.parentNode.removeChild
var el = document.getElementById('remove-me');
el.parentNode.removeChild(el);
ready
.parentNode.removeChild
var el = document.getElementById('remove-me');
el.parentNode.removeChild(el);
ready

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