Benchmark: lodash omit vs vanilla using Object.fromEntries

HTML Preparation code:

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/4.17.11/lodash.js"></script>

Script Preparation code:

var black = 'black'
var green = 'green'
var orange = 'orange'
var red = 'red'
var darkRed = 'darkRed'
var blue = 'blue'
var lightBlue = 'lightBlue'
var navy = 'navy'

var basePalette = {
  black,
  green,
  orange,
  red,
  darkRed,
  blue,
  lightBlue,
  navy
}

Tests:

Lodash omit
_.omit(basePalette, ['orange','red', 'darkRed'])
Object.fromEntries
function exclude(original, ...keysToOmit) { const newEntries = Object.entries(original).filter(([key]) => !keysToOmit.includes(key)) return Object.fromEntries(newEntries) } exclude(basePalette, 'orange', 'red', 'darkRed')

Historical Performance Data aggregated from 5 community runs

Desktop Results:

Chrome 5 runs

Object.fromEntries

1.3M/s

Lodash omit

666K/s

Fastest: Object.fromEntries (1.9x faster)

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✓ Object.fromEntries: 1,262,035 ops/sec
• Lodash omit: 666,423 ops/sec

Results show median performance across all community submissions. Run this benchmark yourself to verify on your device.

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

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Previous results

Test case name	Result
Lodash omit
Object.fromEntries

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: one year ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/130.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/130.0.0.0

Browser/OS: Chrome 130 on Windows

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Object.fromEntries

1.3M/s

Lodash omit

666K/s

View exact numbers

Test name	Executions per second
✓ Object.fromEntries	1,262,035 Ops/sec
Lodash omit	666,423 Ops/sec

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated one year ago):

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Let's break down the JavaScript microbenchmark, MeasureThat.net.

**Benchmark Overview**

The benchmark compares two approaches to remove certain keys from an object: `_.omit` from Lodash and using `Object.fromEntries`. The goal is to determine which approach is faster in removing specific keys from a predefined color palette.

**Options Compared**

1. **Lodash `_.omit`**: This function takes an object as its first argument and one or more keys to exclude as arguments. It returns a new object that contains all the key-value pairs from the original object, except for the specified keys.
2. **Vanilla `Object.fromEntries` with filtering**: This approach uses the `Object.entries()` method to convert the object into an array of [key, value] pairs. Then, it filters out the desired keys using the `filter()` method and finally converts the resulting array back into an object using `Object.fromEntries()`. The new object is returned without any specific key removal.

**Pros and Cons**

1. **Lodash `_.omit`**:
	* Pros: A well-tested, efficient function that handles more cases than vanilla implementation (e.g., handling nested objects).
	* Cons: Adds dependency on Lodash library.
2. **Vanilla `Object.fromEntries` with filtering**:
	* Pros: Lightweight, no additional dependencies required, and flexible for more complex key removal scenarios.
	* Cons: Requires extra steps to convert between object and array formats.

**Library: Lodash**

Lodash is a popular JavaScript utility library that provides various functions for tasks like array manipulation, object transformation, and more. In this benchmark, `_.omit` is used to remove specific keys from an object.

**Special JS Feature/Syntax (not applicable)**

This benchmark does not use any special JavaScript features or syntax that would affect its execution.

**Other Alternatives**

If you're interested in exploring alternative approaches for removing keys from objects, some options include:

1. **Using `Object.assign()` and spreading**: You can create a new object by spreading the original object's entries, excluding the desired keys.
2. **Using `Map` instead of `Object`**: If your use case allows it, using a `Map` to store key-value pairs might provide better performance for removing keys.

Here's an example implementation:
```javascript
const originalMap = new Map(Object.entries(basePalette));
originalMap.delete('orange');
originalMap.delete('red');
originalMap.delete('darkRed');

const result = Object.fromEntries(originalMap);
```
Keep in mind that the best approach depends on your specific use case, performance requirements, and personal preference.

lodash omit vs vanilla using Object.fromEntries (version: 0) Benchmark.js

Comparing performance of: `Lodash omit vs Object.fromEntries`

Created: 4 years ago by: Guest

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Lodash omit

Object.fromEntries

Historical Performance Data aggregated from 5 community runs

Desktop Results:

Chrome 5 runs

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated one year ago):

lodash omit vs vanilla using Object.fromEntries (version: 0) Benchmark.js

Comparing performance of: Lodash omit vs Object.fromEntries

Created: 4 years ago by: Guest

Go to the latest result

Lodash omit

Object.fromEntries

Historical Performance Data aggregated from 5 community runs

Desktop Results:

Chrome 5 runs

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated one year ago):

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