Benchmark: document.createElement vs jQuery

HTML Preparation code:


<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.js'></script>

Tests:

jquery js
let element = jQuery('<div class="first second third fourth"/>')
vanilla js
let element = document.createElement('div'); element.classList.add("first", "second", "third", "fourth");

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
jquery js
vanilla js

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 3 months ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/144.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 144 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
jquery js	58818.3 Ops/sec
vanilla js	249822.8 Ops/sec

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

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Let's break down the provided benchmark and explain what is being tested.

**Benchmark Definition**

The benchmark measures the performance difference between two approaches: creating an HTML element using jQuery and creating an HTML element programmatically using JavaScript's `document.createElement()` method.

**Options Compared**

The options being compared are:

1. **jQuery**: A popular JavaScript library for DOM manipulation.
2. **Vanilla JavaScript** (using `document.createElement()`): The standard way of creating elements in plain JavaScript without any external libraries.

**Pros and Cons of Each Approach**

* **jQuery**:
	+ Pros: jQuery provides a simplified and intuitive API for DOM manipulation, which can lead to faster development and reduced errors.
	+ Cons: Including jQuery adds extra overhead due to its size and the need to load an additional library. This can impact performance in demanding applications.
* **Vanilla JavaScript (using `document.createElement()`)**:
	+ Pros: Creating elements programmatically without a library eliminates overhead and allows for more control over the DOM.
	+ Cons: The API is more verbose, requiring manual attribute setting and handling of different browsers' quirks.

**Library Used**

In this benchmark, jQuery is used in its version 3.3.1. The primary purpose of jQuery is to simplify DOM manipulation by providing a convenient way to select elements and handle events. In this context, jQuery is used for creating an HTML element with specific classes.

**Special JS Feature/Syntax**

There are no special JavaScript features or syntax being tested in this benchmark. Both test cases use standard JavaScript syntax.

**Other Alternatives**

If you're looking for alternative libraries for DOM manipulation, some popular options include:

* **React**: A popular front-end library for building user interfaces.
* **Angular**: A full-fledged framework for building complex web applications.
* **Vue.js**: Another popular front-end framework for building web applications.

For plain JavaScript, you can use other libraries like:

* **Sebastian's DOMParser**: A lightweight library that provides a fast and efficient way to parse HTML documents.
* **JSHTML**: A library that allows you to create elements with specific attributes and classes in a more concise way than `document.createElement()`.

Keep in mind that each of these alternatives has its own trade-offs and performance characteristics, which may affect the results of your benchmark.

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document.createElement vs jQuery (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: jquery js vs vanilla js

Created: 4 years ago by: Guest

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jquery js

vanilla js

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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