getElementById vs. getElementsByClassName vs. querySelector vs. jQuery vs xpath

JavaScript performance comparison

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Compare the speed of getElementById to getElementsByClassName to querySelector to jQuery returns of each of those selectors.

Preparation code

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<p id="foo" class="my-foo">
  Foo
</p>
<p id="bar" class="my-bar">
  Bar
</p>
<div id="poo" class="my-poo">
  <div id="par" class="my-bar">
    <div id="paz" class="my-bar">
      <span id="baz" class="my-baz">
        Baz
      </span>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Preparation code output

Foo

Bar

Baz

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Test Ops/sec
getElementById
 
var foo = document.getElementById("foo");
var poo = document.getElementById("poo");
 pending…
querySelector (ID)
 
var bar = document.querySelector("#bar");
var poo = document.querySelector("#poo");
 pending…
jQuery ID Selector
 
var bar = $("#bar");
var poo = $("#poo");
 pending…
getElementsByClassName
 
var bar = document.getElementsByClassName("my-bar");
var poo = document.getElementsByClassName("my-poo");
 pending…
querySelector (Class)
 
var poo = document.getElementById("poo").querySelector(".my-baz");
 pending…
jQuery Class Selector
 
var bar = $(".my-bar");
var poo = $(".my-poo");
 pending…
xpath eval
 
var bar = document.evaluate("//*[@id='bar']",document,null,9,null).singleNodeValue;
 pending…

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