Benchmark: jQuery.text() vs Element.textContent

HTML Preparation code:

<div id="content">
  <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur dictum magna dolor, a convallis erat convallis a. Etiam interdum tincidunt leo non elementum. Mauris rhoncus lorem eu dapibus porta. Integer tincidunt mi a justo dignissim suscipit. Aenean accumsan eget eros eget suscipit. Aliquam maximus rhoncus felis, nec vestibulum turpis fermentum a. Donec sagittis augue eros, non vehicula urna mollis volutpat. Pellentesque gravida placerat arcu, et gravida tellus pellentesque sed. Ut efficitur ornare massa nec aliquet. Aenean pharetra elementum aliquet. Etiam faucibus, metus vel consequat lobortis, ligula ipsum hendrerit erat, id dictum justo purus in metus. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</p>
</div>

Script Preparation code:

var el = document.getElementById('content');
var replacementText = "Narwhal gentrify squid franzen vape 90's man bun, literally godard raw denim pabst mlkshk. Banjo church-key seitan bushwick, cardigan pop-up single-origin coffee tumblr godard disrupt roof party lyft shoreditch yuccie. Church-key hot chicken umami kitsch, vaporware cardigan pop-up. Waistcoat organic sriracha, hashtag meh single-origin coffee brunch wayfarers small batch mustache. Normcore skateboard mumblecore, cold-pressed small batch live-edge try-hard typewriter waistcoat master cleanse heirloom. Heirloom VHS chia, flannel put a bird on it sustainable portland try-hard 90's locavore. Try-hard lo-fi heirloom, sartorial cray chillwave ennui lyft taxidermy farm-to-table.";

Tests:

get jQuery.text()
var text = $(el).text();
get Element.textContent
var text = el.textContent;
set jQuery.text()
$(el).text(replacementText);
set Element.textContent
el.textContent = replacementText;

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
get jQuery.text()
get Element.textContent
set jQuery.text()
set Element.textContent

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

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

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/123.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/123.0.0.0

Browser/OS: Chrome 123 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
get jQuery.text()	0.0 Ops/sec
get Element.textContent	944017.2 Ops/sec
set jQuery.text()	0.0 Ops/sec
set Element.textContent	4929951.0 Ops/sec

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

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Let's break down what is being tested on MeasureThat.net.

**Benchmark Definition**

The benchmark compares two approaches to set and get text content of an HTML element:

1. `$(el).text()` (jQuery)
2. `el.textContent` (JavaScript native)

**Options Compared**

* jQuery's `text()` method vs JavaScript's native `textContent` property.
* Setting text content (`text()` or `textContent`) vs getting text content.

**Pros and Cons of Each Approach:**

1. **jQuery's `text()` Method:**
	* Pros:
		+ Can be used to set multiple values, not just the single value of text content.
		+ Often easier to use for setting and updating large amounts of content.
	* Cons:
		+ Less efficient than native `textContent` due to additional overhead.
		+ Requires jQuery library inclusion.
2. **JavaScript's `textContent` Property:**
	* Pros:
		+ More efficient and faster, as it only updates the text content without modifying other element attributes.
		+ Native to JavaScript, so no additional library required.
	* Cons:
		+ Only sets or gets text content; no support for setting multiple values.

**Library: jQuery**

jQuery is a popular JavaScript library that simplifies HTML and DOM manipulation. Its `text()` method is used extensively in web development for setting and updating text content.

**Special JS Feature/Syntax: None Mentioned**

This benchmark focuses on the comparison of two specific methods, without introducing any special JavaScript features or syntax.

**Other Alternatives**

For setting text content, other alternatives to jQuery's `text()` method include:

* `document.getElementById('content').innerHTML = 'newText';`: Using `innerHTML` to set text and HTML content.
* `el.setAttribute('innerText', 'newText');`: Using `setAttribute` to set the `innerText` attribute (available in some browsers).

For getting text content, other alternatives to JavaScript's `textContent` property include:

* `el.innerHTML`: Returns the innerHTML of an element, including text content.
* `element.value`: Used for input elements to get or set their value.

Keep in mind that these alternatives may have different performance characteristics and use cases compared to jQuery's `text()` method or native `textContent` property.

Related benchmarks:

jQuery.text() vs Element.textContent (version: 1)

Comparing performance of: get jQuery.text() vs get Element.textContent vs set jQuery.text() vs set Element.textContent

Created: 9 years ago by: Registered User

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get jQuery.text()

get Element.textContent

set jQuery.text()

set Element.textContent

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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