JavaScript template language shootoff

JavaScript performance comparison

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A brief comparison of some JavaScript templating engines on a short template: 6 header tags, and 10 list items.

Since the purpose is to generate HTML for the DOM, the tests now include DOM node creation.

(JUP templates were removed, because they produced incorrect output and are incapable of producing the desired output from a template and the given data.)

Preparation code

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<script src="http://leonidas.github.com/transparency/js/transparency.min.js"></script>


<script src="http://documentcloud.github.com/underscore/underscore.js"></script>

<script src="http://github.com/janl/mustache.js/raw/master/mustache.js"></script>

<script src="https://github.com/downloads/paul/handlebars.js/handlebars.js"></script>

<script src="http://gist.github.com/raw/550881/29bb186167079c0b33ab6e9d50d779f37860cfa4/micro.js"></script>

<script src="http://github.com/creationix/haml-js/raw/master/lib/haml.js"></script>

<script src="http://gist.github.com/raw/550723/12d176698628e30a1df398c7ac7aea93924e1294/jade.js"></script>

<script src="http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/extras/coffee-script.js"></script>
<script src="http://sstephenson.github.com/eco/dist/eco.js"></script>

<script src="http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jquery.templates/beta1/jquery.tmpl.min.js"></script>

<script src="https://github.com/olado/doT/raw/master/doT.js"></script>

<script src="https://github.com/olado/doT/raw/master/doU.js"></script>

<script src="http://github.com/aefxx/jQote2/raw/69b2053a13f5f180e696de9b3dba856a3c00678c/jquery.jqote2.js"></script>

<script src="https://raw.github.com/relativityboy/Orange-J/master/jquery.orange.js"></script>

<script type='text/javascript'>
  // hogan looks for exports and smashes it's contents :(
  var oldExports = exports;
  exports = undefined;
</script>
<script src="//twitter.github.com/hogan.js/builds/1.0.5/hogan-1.0.5.js"></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
  exports = oldExports;
</script>

<div id="transparency_template">
  <h1 class='header'></h1>
  <h2 class='header2'></h2>
  <h3 class='header3'></h3>
  <h4 class='header4'></h4>
  <h5 class='header5'></h5>
  <h6 class='header6'></h6>
  <ul class='list'>
    <li class='item'></li>
  </ul>
</div>

<script>
  window.transparencyTemplate = document.getElementById("transparency_template")

  transparencyTemplate.parentNode.removeChild(transparencyTemplate);

  window.mustacheTemplate = "<div><h1 class='header'>{{header}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{header2}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{header3}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{header4}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{header5}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{header6}}</h6><ul class='list'>{{#list}}<li class='item'>{{.}}</li>{{/list}}</ul></div>";
  
  window.handlebarsTemplate = Handlebars.compile("<div><h1 class='header'>{{header}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{header2}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{header3}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{header4}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{header5}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{header6}}</h6><ul class='list'>{{#list}}<li class='item'>{{this}}</li>{{/list}}</ul></div>");
  
  window.micro = "<div><h1 class='header'><%= header %></h1><h2 class='header2'><%= header2 %></h2><h3 class='header3'><%= header3 %></h3><h4 class='header4'><%= header4 %></h4><h5 class='header5'><%= header5 %></h5><h6 class='header6'><%= header6 %></h6><ul class='list'><% for (var i = 0, l = list.length; i < l; i++) { %><li class='item'><%= list[i] %></li><% } %></ul></div>";
  
  window.underscoreTemplate = _.template(micro);
  
  window.resigTemplate = tmpl(micro);
  
  window.sharedVariables = {
   header: "Header",
   header2: "Header2",
   header3: "Header3",
   header4: "Header4",
   header5: "Header5",
   header6: "Header6",
   list: ['10000000', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10']
  };
  
  window.jadeTemplate = "div\n  h1.header!= header\n  h2.header2!= header2\n  h3.header3!= header3\n  h4.header4!= header4\n  h5.header5!= header5\n  h6.header6!= header6\n  ul.list\n    - each item in list\n      li.item!= item";
  
  window.hamlTemplate = Haml("%div\n  %h1.header= header\n  %h2.header2= header2\n  %h3.header3= header3\n  %h4.header4= header4\n  %h5.header5= header5\n  %h6.header6= header6\n  %ul.list\n    :each item in list\n      %li.item= item");
  
  window.ecoTemplate = eco("<div><h1 class='header'><%- @header %></h1><h2 class='header2'><%- @header2 %></h2><h3 class='header3'><%- @header3 %></h3><h4 class='header4'><%- @header4 %></h4><h5 class='header5'><%- @header5 %></h5><h6 class='header6'><%- @header6 %></h6><ul class='list'><% for item in @list: %><li class='item'><%- item %></li><% end %></ul></div>");
  
  window.jQueryTemplate = $.template(null, "<div><h1 class='header'>${header}</h1><h2 class='header2'>${header2}</h2><h3 class='header3'>${header3}</h3><h4 class='header4'>${header4}</h4><h5 class='header5'>${header5}</h5><h6 class='header6'>${header6}</h6><ul class='list'>{{each list}}<li class='item'>${$value}</li>{{/each}}</ul></div>");
  
  window.doTtemplate = doT.template("<div><h1 class='header'>{{= it.header }}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{= it.header2 }}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{= it.header3 }}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{= it.header4 }}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{= it.header5 }}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{= it.header6 }}</h6><ul class='list'>{{ for (var i = 0, l = it.list.length; i < l; i++) { }}<li class='item'>{{= it.list[i] }}</li>{{ } }}</ul></div>");
  
  window.doUtemplate = doU.template("<div><h1 class='header'>{{= it.header }}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{= it.header2 }}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{= it.header3 }}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{= it.header4 }}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{= it.header5 }}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{= it.header6 }}</h6><ul class='list'>{{ for (var i = 0, l = it.list.length; i < l; i++) { }}<li class='item'>{{= it.list[i] }}</li>{{ } }}</ul></div>");
  
  window.jqote_tmpl = "<div><h1 class='header'><%= this.header %></h1><h2 class='header2'><%= this.header2 %></h2><h3 class='header3'><%= this.header3 %></h3><h4 class='header4'><%= this.header4 %></h4><h5 class='header5'><%= this.header5 %></h5><h6 class='header6'><%= this.header6 %></h6><ul class='list'><% for (var n = 0, l = this.list.length; n < l; n++) { %><li class='item'><%= this.list[n] %></li><% } %></ul></div>";
  
  window.jqote2 = $.jqotec(jqote_tmpl);

  $.addSnippet("test1", "<div><h1 class='header'>{header}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{header2}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{header3}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{header4}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{header5}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{header6}</h6><ul class='list'>{list[]}<li class='item'>{val}</li>{[]list}</ul></div>");

  window.hoganTemplate = Hogan.compile("<div><h1 class='header'>{{header}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{header2}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{header3}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{header4}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{header5}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{header6}}</h6><ul class='list'>{{#list}}<li class='item'>{{.}}</li>{{/list}}</ul></div>");
</script>

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Test Ops/sec
Mustache.js Template
 
$(Mustache.to_html(mustacheTemplate, sharedVariables));
++sharedVariables.list[0];
 
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Resig Micro-Templating.
 
$(resigTemplate(sharedVariables));
++sharedVariables.list[0];
 
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Creationix's Haml-js Template
 
$(hamlTemplate(sharedVariables));
++sharedVariables.list[0];
 
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Jade Template
 
$(jade.render(jadeTemplate, {
 locals: sharedVariables,
 filename: 'test.js',
 cache: true
}));
++sharedVariables.list[0];
 
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Underscore.js Template
 
$(underscoreTemplate(sharedVariables));
++sharedVariables.list[0];
 
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Eco Template
 
$(ecoTemplate(sharedVariables));
++sharedVariables.list[0];
 
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jQuery Templates
 
$.tmpl(jQueryTemplate, sharedVariables);
++sharedVariables.list[0];
 
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Handlebars.js
 
$(handlebarsTemplate(sharedVariables));
++sharedVariables.list[0];
 
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doT.js
 
$(doTtemplate(sharedVariables));
++sharedVariables.list[0];
 
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doU.js
 
$(doUtemplate(sharedVariables));
++sharedVariables.list[0];
 
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jQote2 direct
 
$(jqote2.call(sharedVariables, 0, 0, [sharedVariables], jqote2));
++sharedVariables.list[0];
 
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Orange-J
 
$($.snippet("test1", sharedVariables));
++sharedVariables.list[0];
 
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Twitter's Hogan.js
 
$(hoganTemplate.render(sharedVariables));
++sharedVariables.list[0];
 
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