Benchmark: Vanilla JS VS JQuery DOM perfomance

HTML Preparation code:

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="nhngodo">Hi! NHNgodo!</div>

Tests:

Vanilla JS
var el = document.getElementById("nhngodo"); el.innerText = "Hi! NHNgodo!";
Jquery
$("#nhngodo").text("Hi! NHNgodo!");

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Vanilla JS
Jquery

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

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

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:137.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/137.0

Browser/OS: Firefox 137 on Linux

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Test name	Executions per second
Vanilla JS	525484.6 Ops/sec
Jquery	388199.0 Ops/sec

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 6 months ago):

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Let's break down the provided benchmark and its components.

**Benchmark Definition**

The benchmark is comparing the performance of two approaches: Vanilla JavaScript and jQuery for setting the text content of an HTML element.

**Options compared**

In this benchmark, we have two options being compared:

1. **Vanilla JavaScript**: This option uses the native JavaScript API to set the text content of an element.
```javascript
var el = document.getElementById("nhngodo");
el.innerText = "Hi! NHNgodo!";
```
2. **jQuery**: This option uses the jQuery library to select and manipulate DOM elements.

**Pros and Cons**

Here are some pros and cons for each approach:

**Vanilla JavaScript**

Pros:

* Faster execution time since it doesn't require loading an additional library
* More control over the execution environment (e.g., no dependencies on a specific browser or version)

Cons:

* Requires more boilerplate code to set up and manipulate DOM elements

**jQuery**

Pros:

* Easier to write and more concise code for simple DOM manipulations
* Provides a robust and reliable way to handle common DOM tasks

Cons:

* Slower execution time since it involves loading an additional library
* May introduce dependencies on specific browser versions or configurations

**Library usage (jQuery)**

The jQuery library is used to select the `#nhngodo` element and set its text content. The `$(selector)` syntax is used to create a jQuery object that represents the selected element.

In this benchmark, the `text()` method is used to set the text content of the element. The `$` symbol is used to access the global jQuery object, which is likely included in the HTML page through the `<script>` tag.

**Special JS feature or syntax**

There are no special JavaScript features or syntaxes being tested in this benchmark. However, it's worth noting that some versions of Chrome have introduced additional security measures that may affect the execution time of certain scripts, including those using jQuery.

**Other alternatives**

If you're interested in exploring alternative approaches for DOM manipulation, here are a few options:

1. **React**: A popular JavaScript library for building user interfaces. While it's not directly related to DOM manipulation, React provides a robust way to manage and update the state of your application.
2. **Angular**: Another popular JavaScript framework that includes tools for managing and manipulating DOM elements.
3. **Pure JavaScript libraries**: There are several pure JavaScript libraries available that provide lightweight alternatives to jQuery or Vanilla JavaScript, such as Lodash or Slick.js.

Keep in mind that these alternatives may have different performance characteristics and trade-offs compared to the options tested in this benchmark.

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Vanilla JS

Jquery

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Experimental features:

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 6 months ago):