Hogan vs DoT.js vs TrimPath vs Handlebars vs Underscore (compile+render)

JavaScript performance comparison

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Preparation code

<script src="http://twitter.github.com/hogan.js/builds/2.0.0/hogan-2.0.0.js"></script>
<script src="https://raw.github.com/mgutz/doT/master/doT.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://trimpath.googlecode.com/files/trimpath-template-1.0.38.js"></script>
<script src="http://cloud.github.com/downloads/wycats/handlebars.js/handlebars-1.0.0.beta.6.js"></script>
<script src="http://underscorejs.org/underscore-min.js"></script>

<script>
  window.sharedVariables = {
   header: "Header",
   header2: "Header2",
   header3: "Header3",
   header4: "Header4",
   header5: "Header5",
   header6: "Header6",
   list: ['1000000000', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10']
  };




window.templateDiv = document.getElementById("template");

</script>

<div id="template" style="display:none"></div>

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Hogan
 
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>");

templateDiv.innerHTML=hoganTemplate.render(sharedVariables);
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doT
 
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>");


templateDiv.innerHTML = doTTemplate(sharedVariables);
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TrimPath
 
window.trimpathTemplate = TrimPath.parseTemplate("<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 i in list}<li class='item'>${i}</li>{/for}</ul></div>");

templateDiv.innerHTML = trimpathTemplate.process(sharedVariables);
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Handlerbars
 
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'>{{{.}}}</li>{{/list}}</ul></div>");

templateDiv.innerHTML = handlebarsTemplate(sharedVariables);
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Underscore
 
window.underscoreTemplate = _.template("<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, function(name) { %><li class='item'><%= name %></li><% }); %></ul></div>");


templateDiv.innerHTML = underscoreTemplate(sharedVariables);
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1 comment

Darius Aseriskis commented : ∞

This is an incorrect comparison don't take it seriously because Hogan is using caching and doT allows to handle caching manually. For better comparison look into http://jsperf.com/hogan-vs-dot-js/2 for better doT vs Hogan test.

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