Benchmark: Vanilla vs jQuery vs Zepto Library Speed Test

HTML Preparation code:

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/zepto/1.2.0/zepto.min.js"></script>
<div id="foo">Hello World</div>

Tests:

jQuery Get ID
var text = jQuery("#foo");
jQuery Get Text
var text = jQuery("#foo").text();
jQuery Get Html
var text = jQuery("#foo").html();
Zepto Get ID
var text = Zepto("#foo");
Zepto Get Text
var text = Zepto("#foo").text();
Zepto Get Html
var text = Zepto("#foo").html();
Vanilla Get ID
var text = document.getElementById("foo");
Vanilla Get Text
var text = document.getElementById("foo").textContent;
Vanilla Get Html
var text = document.getElementById("foo").innerHTML;

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
jQuery Get ID
jQuery Get Text
jQuery Get Html
Zepto Get ID
Zepto Get Text
Zepto Get Html
Vanilla Get ID
Vanilla Get Text
Vanilla Get Html

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

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

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/131.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 131 on Mac OS X 10.15.7

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Test name	Executions per second
jQuery Get ID	4109075.0 Ops/sec
jQuery Get Text	1978997.4 Ops/sec
jQuery Get Html	2163463.0 Ops/sec
Zepto Get ID	3183817.5 Ops/sec
Zepto Get Text	907696.2 Ops/sec
Zepto Get Html	1338372.0 Ops/sec
Vanilla Get ID	27611052.0 Ops/sec
Vanilla Get Text	9389671.0 Ops/sec
Vanilla Get Html	6002634.5 Ops/sec

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

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Let's break down the provided benchmark definition and test cases.

**Benchmark Definition**

The benchmark is designed to compare the speed of three JavaScript libraries: jQuery, Zepto, and Vanilla (i.e., native JavaScript).

**Options Compared**

1. **jQuery**: A popular JavaScript library for DOM manipulation.
2. **Zepto**: Another lightweight alternative to jQuery.
3. **Vanilla JavaScript**: The standard JavaScript language used by browsers.

The benchmark compares the execution speed of each library in performing various DOM-related tasks, such as:

* Getting an element's ID
* Getting an element's text content
* Getting an element's HTML

**Pros and Cons**

1. **jQuery**:
	* Pros: Well-established, widely supported, and extensive documentation.
	* Cons: Larger file size, slower performance due to the overhead of its framework.
2. **Zepto**:
	* Pros: Smaller file size, faster performance compared to jQuery, and more lightweight.
	* Cons: Less documented and less widely supported than jQuery.
3. **Vanilla JavaScript**:
	* Pros: Fastest performance, most efficient, and no overhead from a library framework.
	* Cons: Requires more manual effort for DOM manipulation.

**Library Usage**

The benchmark uses the following libraries:

1. **jQuery**: Used to define the `$(` function, which is used throughout the test cases.
2. **Zepto**: Used similarly to jQuery, with its `$` function.
3. **Vanilla JavaScript**: Uses native JavaScript functions like `document.getElementById`, `document.querySelector`, and others.

**Special JS Features or Syntax**

No specific JavaScript features or syntax are highlighted in this benchmark. However, the use of ES6+ syntax (e.g., arrow functions) might be assumed for Vanilla JavaScript tests.

**Alternatives**

For alternative libraries that can be used for DOM manipulation, consider:

1. **Lodash**: A utility library with extensive DOM-related functionality.
2. **Moment.js**: A popular library for working with dates and times.
3. **React or Vue.js**: Popular front-end frameworks for building complex web applications.

Keep in mind that each of these alternatives has its own strengths and weaknesses, which may not be directly comparable to jQuery and Zepto's specific use cases.

Related benchmarks:

Vanilla vs jQuery vs Zepto Library Speed Test (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: jQuery Get ID vs jQuery Get Text vs jQuery Get Html vs Zepto Get ID vs Zepto Get Text vs Zepto Get Html vs Vanilla Get ID vs Vanilla Get Text vs Vanilla Get Html

Created: 6 years ago by: Guest

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jQuery Get ID

jQuery Get Text

jQuery Get Html

Zepto Get ID

Zepto Get Text

Zepto Get Html

Vanilla Get ID

Vanilla Get Text

Vanilla Get Html

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):