Fastest Way To Append A Dynamic JavaScript Class

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Test case created by Donovan Glover on 28th February 2013

Info

https://twitter.com/toddmotto/status/307237792600162304

Preparation code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 <head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>Test Page</title>
 </head>
 <body>
  <div class="wrapper">
   <p>some random text</p>
  </div>
  <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
 </body>
</html>

Preparation code output

Test Page

some random text

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Test		Ops/sec
Pure JavaScript	`document.body.className = document.body.className.replace("no-js","js");`	pending…
jQuery toggleClass()	`$("body").toggleClass("no-js js");`	pending…
jQuery .removeClass().addClass()	`$("body").removeClass("no-js").addClass("js");`	pending…

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Revision 1: published by Donovan Glover on 28th February 2013
Revision 2: published on 1st March 2013
Revision 4: published by Mike McCaughan on 25th March 2013
Revision 5: published on 25th March 2013