jQuery vs createElement

JavaScript performance comparison

Revision 20 of this test case created by Twey

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Comparison of element-creation and class-addition methods with jQuery.

Preparation code

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
 

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Test Ops/sec
DOM, no jQuery
 
var s = document.createElement("span");
s.className = "meh";
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Separate addClass()
 
var s = $("<span>").addClass("meh");
 pending…
Integrated class attribute
 
var s = $('<span class="meh">');
 pending…

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