predefined vs new query

JavaScript performance comparison

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Info

see if it is quick to pre define your jquery objects in certain instances or not.

Preparation code

<div id="box">
  <h1>
    hello
  </h1>
</div>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js">
</script>

Preparation code output

hello

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Testing in unknown unknown
Test Ops/sec
unique call
 
$("#box").find("h1");
$("#box").find("h1").text("go1");
$("#box").find("h1").text("go2");
$("#box").find("h1").text("go3");
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predefined call
 
var theBox = $("#box").find("h1");
theBox.text("go1");
theBox.text("go2");
theBox.text("go3");
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extracted function 1
 
var theBox = $("#box").find("h1");

function update(string) {
  theBox.text(string);
}

update("go1");
update("go2");
update("go3");
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extracted function 2
 
var theBox = $("#box").find("h1");

var update = function(string) {
  theBox.text(string);
}

update("go1");
update("go2");
update("go3");
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extracted function 3
 
var theBox = $("#box").find("h1");

function update(obj,string) {
  obj.text(string);
}

update(theBox,"go1");
update(theBox,"go2");
update(theBox,"go3");
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extracted function 4
 
var theBox = $("#box").find("h1");

var update = function(obj,string) {
  obj.text(string);
}

update(theBox,"go1");
update(theBox,"go2");
update(theBox,"go3");
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extracted function 5
 
function update(string) {
  $("#box").find("h1").text(string);
}

update("go1");
update("go2");
update("go3");
 pending…
extracted function 6
 
var theBox = $("#box").find("h1");

var update = function(obj,string) {
  obj.text(string);
}

update(theBox,"go1");
update(theBox,"go2");
update(theBox,"go3");
 pending…
extracted function 7 - what jquery does when no ones looking.
 
var theBox = document.getElementById("box").getElementsByTagName("h1")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;

var update = function(string) {
  theBox = string;
}

update("go1");
update("go2");
update("go3");
 pending…
what jquery does when no ones looking.
 
var theBox = document.getElementById("box").getElementsByTagName("h1")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;

theBox = "go1";
theBox = "go2";
theBox = "go3";
 
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hybrid
 
var theBox = document.getElementById("box").getElementsByTagName("h1")[0];

var update = function(string) {
  $(theBox).text(string);
}

update("go1");
update("go2");
update("go3");
 pending…

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