Benchmark: benchmark the performance of Lodash with and without chaining 100 times

HTML Preparation code:


<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/4.17.5/lodash.min.js'></script>

Script Preparation code:

 var text = '';
  for (let i = 0; i < 1024; i++) {
    // Generate a random character from the ASCII table
    text += String.fromCharCode(32 + Math.random() * (126 - 32));
  }

Tests:

Test function using Lodash chaining
for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) { _.chain(text).trim().startCase().value(); }
Test function without Lodash chaining
for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) { _.startCase(_.trim(text)); }

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Test function using Lodash chaining
Test function without Lodash chaining

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 2 months ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/145.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 145 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
Test function using Lodash chaining	231.1 Ops/sec
Test function without Lodash chaining	233.5 Ops/sec

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

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**Benchmark Explanation**

MeasureThat.net provides a platform for users to create and run JavaScript microbenchmarks. The provided benchmark tests the performance of Lodash, a popular JavaScript utility library.

The benchmark consists of two test cases:

1. **Test function using Lodash chaining**: This test case measures the performance of Lodash when used with chaining. In this case, the `_chain` method is used to create a chain of functions, and each function in the chain is executed sequentially.
2. **Test function without Lodash chaining**: This test case measures the performance of Lodash when not using chaining. Here, only the `startCase` function from Lodash is called directly on the input string.

**Options Compared**

The two test cases compare the performance of Lodash with and without chaining.

**Pros and Cons of Different Approaches**

* **Chaining**: Chaining can lead to better performance if done correctly, as it allows for method calls to be cached and optimized. However, excessive chaining can lead to unnecessary function calls and reduce performance.
* **No Chaining**: Not using chaining means calling each function individually, which may lead to more overhead due to the number of function calls.

**Lodash Library**

Lodash is a popular JavaScript utility library that provides a wide range of functions for tasks such as:

* String manipulation (e.g., `trim`, `startCase`)
* Array manipulation (not used in this benchmark)
* Object manipulation (not used in this benchmark)
* Function utility functions (e.g., `each`, `map`)

The `chain` method from Lodash is used to create a chain of functions that can be called sequentially.

**JavaScript Special Features**

This benchmark does not use any special JavaScript features or syntax. It only relies on standard JavaScript and the Lodash library.

**Other Alternatives**

If you want to create your own benchmarks for other libraries or tools, here are some alternative approaches:

1. Use a benchmarking framework like Benchmark.js, which provides a simple way to write and run benchmarks.
2. Utilize a cloud-based benchmarking platform like JMeter or Gatling, which can help you scale and distribute your benchmarking tests.
3. Create custom benchmarking scripts using Node.js and a testing library like Mocha or Jest.

Keep in mind that the choice of alternative approaches depends on the specific requirements of your project and your familiarity with different technologies.

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Comparing performance of: Test function using Lodash chaining vs Test function without Lodash chaining

Created: 2 years ago by: Registered User

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Test function using Lodash chaining

Test function without Lodash chaining

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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