Comapre of DOM generation methods

JavaScript performance comparison

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Preparation code

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<style>.content {display:none;}</style>
<div class="content"></div>
<script>
  Benchmark.prototype.setup = function() {
    var list = ["Germany", "USA", "Denmark", "Norway", "Sweden", "Russia"];
  };

  Benchmark.prototype.teardown = function() {
    $('.content').empty();
  };
</script>

Preparation code output

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Only jQuery
 
var myselect = $('<select/>', { id: 'myselect'});
//Наполняем список
$.each(list, function() {
    $('<option/>', {
        val:  this,
        text: this
    }).appendTo(myselect);
});
myselect.val('Norway');
$('.content').append(myselect);
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jQuery with native loops
 
var myselect = $('<select/>', { id: 'myselect'});
//Наполняем список
for(var i=0;i<list.length;i++) {
    $('<option/>', {
        val:  list[i],
        text: list[i]
    }).appendTo(myselect);
}
myselect.val('Norway');
$('.content').append(myselect);
 
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jQuery with string concatenation
 
var myselect = '<select id="myselect">';
//Наполняем список
for(var i=0;i<list.length;i++) {
    myselect += '<option value="' + list[i] + '"';
    if (list[i] === 'Norway') {
        myselect += ' selected';
    }
    myselect += '>'+list[i]+'</option>';
}
myselect += '</select>';
$('.content').append(myselect);
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Native DOM building
 
var myselect = document.createElement("select");
    myselect.setAttribute("id", "myselect");

//Наполняем список
for(var i=0;i<list.length;i++) {
    var option = document.createElement("option");
    option.setAttribute("value", list[i]);
    if (list[i] === 'Norway') {
        option.setAttribute("selected", "selected");
    }
     option.innerHTML = list[i];
     myselect.appendChild(option);
}
$('.content').append(myselect);
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Native DOM building using documentFragment and native selectors
 
// создаем временное вместилище
var fragment = document.createDocumentFragment();
// сам список
var myselect = document.createElement("select");
    myselect.setAttribute("id", "myselect");

//Наполняем фрагмент
for(var i=0;i<list.length;i++) {
    var option = document.createElement("option");
    option.setAttribute("value", list[i]);
    if (list[i] === 'Norway') {
        option.setAttribute("selected", "selected");
    }
     option.innerHTML = list[i];
     fragment.appendChild(option);
}
myselect.appendChild(fragment);
document.getElementsByClassName('content')[0].appendChild(myselect);
 
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Native DOM building using documentFragment
 
// создаем временное вместилище
var fragment = document.createDocumentFragment();
// сам список
var myselect = document.createElement("select");
    myselect.setAttribute("id", "myselect");

//Наполняем фрагмент
for(var i=0;i<list.length;i++) {
    var option = document.createElement("option");
    option.setAttribute("value", list[i]);
    if (list[i] === 'Norway') {
        option.setAttribute("selected", "selected");
    }
     option.innerHTML = list[i];
     fragment.appendChild(option);
}
myselect.appendChild(fragment);
$('.content').append(myselect);
 
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