Benchmark: test matches vs querySelectorAll

HTML Preparation code:

<div class="foo"></div>

Tests:

matches
var element = document.querySelector(".foo"); var i = 5000; while (i--) { element.matches(".foo"); }
querySelectoAll
var i = 5000; while (i--) { document.querySelectorAll(".foo"); }

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Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
matches
querySelectoAll

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 6 months ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/141.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 141 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
matches	6406.2 Ops/sec
querySelectoAll	1386.5 Ops/sec

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

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Let's break down the benchmark and its test cases.

**Benchmark Overview**

The benchmark compares two approaches to select elements in an HTML document using JavaScript: `matches()` and `querySelectorAll()`. The goal is to determine which method is faster.

**Test Cases**

There are two test cases:

1. **`matches`**: This test case uses the `matches()` method to check if a specific element matches a CSS selector (`".foo"`). The test code runs a while loop 5000 times, calling `element.matches(".foo")` in each iteration.
2. **`querySelectorAll`**: This test case uses the `querySelectorAll()` method to select all elements with the class `".foo"`. The test code runs a while loop 5000 times, calling `document.querySelectorAll(".foo")` in each iteration.

**Library and Purpose**

In this benchmark, `document.querySelector()` is used, which is a part of the DOM (Document Object Model) API. It allows you to select elements in an HTML document based on a CSS selector or other attributes. The purpose of `querySelectorAll()` is to return a NodeList containing all elements that match the specified selector.

**JavaScript Feature**

There are no special JavaScript features or syntax mentioned in this benchmark. However, it's worth noting that `matches()` was introduced in ECMAScript 2019 (ES10) as a part of the `String.prototype.matches()` method, which allows you to test if a string matches a regular expression.

**Pros and Cons**

Here are some pros and cons for each approach:

* **`matches()`**:
	+ Pros: More concise and expressive than `querySelectorAll()`, can be used with strings as well as regex patterns.
	+ Cons: May have performance implications due to the overhead of regular expressions.
* **`querySelectorAll()`**:
	+ Pros: Can be faster for large selections, allows for dynamic selection logic.
	+ Cons: Returns a NodeList, which may not provide the same level of expressiveness as `matches()`, can be slower for small selections.

**Alternatives**

If you're interested in exploring alternative approaches to selecting elements in JavaScript, here are some options:

* **`getElementsById()`**: This method allows you to select elements based on their ID attribute.
* **`getElementsByTagName()`**: This method returns a NodeList containing all elements with the specified tag name (e.g., `div`, `p`, etc.).
* **`querySelector` and `querySelectorAll()` alternatives**: There are also alternatives like `getElementsByClassName()`, `getElementById()`, and others, which can be used to select elements based on different attributes or properties.

Keep in mind that the choice of selection method depends on the specific use case and performance requirements.

Related benchmarks:

test matches vs querySelectorAll (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: matches vs querySelectoAll

Created: 2 years ago by: Guest

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matches

querySelectoAll

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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