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createElement vs cloneNode
Faster way to create new dom elements before insertion
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User agent:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/115.0
Browser:
Firefox 115
Operating system:
Windows
Device Platform:
Desktop
Date tested:
2 years ago
cloneNode
59/s
createElement
40/s
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cloneNode
59 Ops/sec
createElement
40 Ops/sec
Tests:
createElement
var list = [], n = 0; while(true) { n++; list.push(document.createElement('div')); if(n===100000) break; }
cloneNode
var list = [], n = 0, node = document.createElement('div'); while(true) { n++; list.push(node.cloneNode(true)); if(n===100000) break; }