Benchmark: Lodash.get vs Lodash.property vs native 2

HTML Preparation code:

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/lodash/4.16.0/lodash.min.js"></script>

Script Preparation code:

var person = {name: 'Frederick', lastName: 'Corcino Alejo', foo: { bar: "baz" } };
var p = _.property("foo.bar");

Tests:

Lodash get
_.get(person, 'foo.bar');
_property
p(person);
native
person.foo.bar;
Lodash get simple
_.get(person, 'foo');
native simple
person.foo;
native simple different
person["foo"];

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Lodash get
_property
native
Lodash get simple
native simple
native simple different

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 4 months ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/143.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 143 on Mac OS X 10.15.7

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Test name	Executions per second
Lodash get	15809936.0 Ops/sec
_property	15911923.0 Ops/sec
native	190767984.0 Ops/sec
Lodash get simple	34756780.0 Ops/sec
native simple	176244512.0 Ops/sec
native simple different	189499248.0 Ops/sec

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

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Let's break down the provided JSON and benchmark test cases to understand what's being tested.

**Benchmark Overview**

The benchmark compares the performance of three approaches:

1. `_.get(person, 'foo.bar')`: using Lodash's `get` function
2. `p(person)`: using Lodash's `_property` function
3. `person.foo.bar;`: accessing the property directly on the object

These approaches are compared in different scenarios:

* Simple: without any nested objects (`_.get(person, 'foo')` and `person.foo;`)
* Different: with a single property access (`person["foo"];`)

**Lodash Library**

Lodash is a popular JavaScript utility library that provides a wide range of functions for tasks such as string manipulation, array processing, and object manipulation. In this benchmark, two Lodash functions are used:

1. `_.get(person, 'foo.bar')`: retrieves a value from an object using a dot notation.
2. `_property(person)`: creates a property accessor function that allows you to access properties of an object.

**Native Access**

The native approach is accessing the property directly on the object using dot notation (`person.foo.bar;`).

**Pros and Cons**

Here's a brief summary of the pros and cons of each approach:

1. `_.get(person, 'foo.bar')`:
	* Pros: handles nested objects and provides a flexible way to access properties.
	* Cons: may be slower than native access due to function call overhead.
2. `_property(person)`: creates a property accessor function that allows you to access properties of an object.
	* Pros: provides a flexible way to access properties, especially when working with nested objects.
	* Cons: introduces additional function call overhead compared to native access.
3. `person.foo.bar;`:
	* Pros: direct and simple access to the property.
	* Cons: may not work well with complex object structures or nested objects.

**Other Considerations**

When choosing between these approaches, consider the following factors:

* Complexity of your object structure
* Performance requirements (e.g., high-traffic web applications)
* Code readability and maintainability

In general, if you need to access properties of an object using dot notation, Lodash's `get` or `_property` functions can provide a convenient and flexible solution. However, for simple cases with direct property access, the native approach may be sufficient.

**Alternatives**

Other alternatives for accessing properties of objects in JavaScript include:

1. Brackets (`person["foo"]`): provides a concise way to access properties.
2. Object expression syntax (`person.foo;`): allows you to access properties using an object expression.

However, these approaches have limitations and may not work well with complex object structures or nested objects.

Related benchmarks:

Lodash.get vs Lodash.property vs native 2 (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: Lodash get vs _property vs native vs Lodash get simple vs native simple vs native simple different

Created: 4 years ago by: Guest

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Lodash get

_property

native

Lodash get simple

native simple

native simple different

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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