Benchmark: jquery ajax v fetch

HTML Preparation code:

<script src='https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js'></script>

Tests:

jquery ajax
function getDataViaJQAjax() { $.ajax({ type: "GET", url: "https://discovery.googleapis.com/discovery/v1/apis", success: console.log, data: null, }) } getDataViaJQAjax()
fetch
async function getDataViaFetch() { try { const response = await fetch("https://discovery.googleapis.com/discovery/v1/apis") const json = await response.json() console.log(json) } catch (error) { console.error(error.message) } } getDataViaFetch()

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
jquery ajax
fetch

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: one year ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/128.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 128 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
jquery ajax	1102.2 Ops/sec
fetch	1112.9 Ops/sec

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

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Let's break down the provided JSON data and explain what's being tested, compared, and analyzed.

**What is being tested?**

The benchmark tests two different approaches for making HTTP requests: jQuery Ajax and Fetch API.

* jQuery Ajax is an older library that provides a simple way to make HTTP requests in JavaScript.
* Fetch API is a built-in JavaScript API introduced in 2015, which allows making HTTP requests without the need for additional libraries.

**What options are compared?**

The benchmark compares the performance of:

1. jQuery Ajax (using `$.ajax()`)
2. Fetch API (using `fetch()`)

These two approaches have different characteristics that affect their performance:

* **jQuery Ajax**: Requires loading an external library, which can add latency to the test. It also has a lot of overhead due to its complex internal workings.
* **Fetch API**: Is a built-in JavaScript API, so it doesn't require any additional libraries or downloads. However, it may have slightly slower execution times due to its smaller codebase.

**Pros and Cons:**

**jQuery Ajax:**

Pros:

* Has been widely adopted and is well-maintained
* Provides more features and flexibility than Fetch API

Cons:

* Adds extra latency due to the need for an external library
* Has a lot of overhead due to its internal workings

**Fetch API:**

Pros:

* Is built-in to JavaScript, reducing latency and overhead
* Smaller codebase makes it potentially faster to execute

Cons:

* Less widely adopted than jQuery Ajax
* May have fewer features and less flexibility

**Library Used:**

In this benchmark, the jQuery library is used for the `$.ajax()` method. jQuery is a popular JavaScript library that provides many useful features, including DOM manipulation, event handling, and HTTP requests.

**Special JS Feature or Syntax:**

This benchmark does not use any special JavaScript features or syntax that would be unique to modern browsers or ECMAScript versions.

**Other Considerations:**

When choosing between these two approaches, consider the trade-offs:

* If you need more features and flexibility, jQuery Ajax might be a better choice.
* If you prioritize performance and don't need advanced features, Fetch API might be a better option.

**Alternative Options:**

There are other options for making HTTP requests in JavaScript, such as:

1. **XMLHttpRequest**: An older, built-in JavaScript API that provides similar functionality to jQuery Ajax and Fetch API.
2. **Axios**: A popular third-party library that provides a more modern and flexible alternative to jQuery Ajax.
3. **Node.js**: Can be used for making HTTP requests using the `http` module or external libraries like Axios.

These alternatives may have different performance characteristics, feature sets, and usage patterns compared to jQuery Ajax and Fetch API.

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jquery ajax

fetch

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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