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JavaScript performance comparison

Revision 4 of this test case created on 30th November 2012

Preparation code

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.1/jquery.min.js"></script>


<div id="Mytbl">
<div id="MyElement"></div>
<div class="MyClass"></div>
</div>

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Test		Ops/sec
Direct ID	`$('#MyElement');`	pending…
Nested ID's	`$('#Mytbl #MyElement')`	pending…
ID - Class	`$('#Mytbl .MyClass')`	pending…
Direct ID (native)	`document.getElementById('#MyElement');`	pending…
Direct ID (native, wrapped w. jQuery)	`$(document.getElementById('#MyElement'));`	pending…

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Revision 1: published on 22nd November 2012
Revision 2: published on 22nd November 2012
Revision 3: published on 22nd November 2012
Revision 4: published on 30th November 2012
Revision 5: published by Steve Costello on 22nd January 2013
Revision 6: published on 6th February 2013
Revision 7: published on 6th February 2013
Revision 8: published on 6th February 2013
Revision 9: published on 15th February 2013