GPT

JavaScript performance comparison

Test case created by Taylor Buley

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Testing whether the GPT ad loader could be improved.

The ad giant asks for it to be placed in the head of a document, so performance is imperative.

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Google
 
// async test
(function() {
  var gads = document.createElement('script');
  gads.async = true;
  gads.type = 'text/javascript';
  var useSSL = 'https:' == document.location.protocol;
  gads.src = (useSSL ? 'https:' : 'http:') + '//www.googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js';
  var node = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
  node.parentNode.insertBefore(gads, node);
  deferred.resolve();
})();
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Buley
 
// async test
(function() {
  var head = document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0] || document.documentElement,
      gads = head.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].cloneNode(false);
  gads.async = true;
  gads.src = '//www.googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js';
  head.insertBefore(gads, head.firstChild);
  deferred.resolve();
})();

// jQuery/Google loader hybrid with size and speed improvements thanks to
// cloning an existing script, which comes with type attributes
// and object initialization built in. Based on Google's
// clever assumption that if you're executing JavaScript,
// a script tag exists somewhere, but using jQuery's
// approach to inserting to the head or document's first child
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