Editing Transparency vs. other template engines This edit will create a new revision. Your details (optional) Name Email (won’t be displayed; might be used for Gravatar) URL Test case details Title * Published (uncheck if you want to fiddle around before making the page public) Description (in case you feel further explanation is needed)(Markdown syntax is allowed) Transparency vs. other template engines. Based on http://jsperf.com/dom-vs-innerhtml-based-templating Are you a spammer? (just answer the question) Preparation code Preparation code HTML (this will be inserted in the <body> of a valid HTML5 document in standards mode) (useful when testing DOM operations or including libraries) <script src="http://cloud.github.com/downloads/wycats/handlebars.js/handlebars-1.0.0.beta.6.js"></script> <script src=http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7.1.min.js></script> <script src="https://raw.github.com/leonidas/transparency/master/dist/transparency.min.js"></script> <script src="http://distal.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/distal.js"></script> <script src="https://raw.github.com/flatiron/plates/master/lib/plates.js"></script> <script src="https://github.com/olado/doT/raw/master/doT.js"></script> <script src="https://raw.github.com/SteveSanderson/knockout/master/build/knockout-raw.js_tmp"></script> <style> h2.header{ background-color: ghostwhite; color: midnightblue; padding: 3px 5px; border: 1px solid #111111; } </style> <h2 class="header">Transparency</h2> <div id="transparency"> <h1 class='header'>1 Placeholder</h1> <h2 class='header2'>2 Placeholder</h2> <h3 class='header3'>3 Placeholder</h3> <h4 class='header4'>4 Placeholder</h4> <h5 class='header5'>5 Placeholder</h5> <h6 class='header6'>6 Placeholder</h6> <ul class='list'> <li class='item'>Item placeholder</li> </ul> </div> <h2 class="header">Handlebars</h2> <div id="handlebars"></div> <h2 class="header">Distal</h2> <div id="distal"> <h1 data-qtext="header">1 Placeholder</h1> <h2 data-qtext="header2">2 Placeholder</h2> <h3 data-qtext="header3">3 Placeholder</h3> <h4 data-qtext="header4">4 Placeholder</h4> <h5 data-qtext="header5">5 Placeholder</h5> <h6 data-qtext="header6">6 Placeholder</h6> <ul> <li data-qrepeat="m list" data-qtext="m">Item placeholder</li> </ul> </div> <h2 class="header">Plates</h2> <div id="platesTemplate" style="display:none;"> <h1 id='header'>1 Placeholder</h1> <h2 id='header2'>2 Placeholder</h2> <h3 id='header3'>3 Placeholder</h3> <h4 id='header4'>4 Placeholder</h4> <h5 id='header5'>5 Placeholder</h5> <h6 id='header6'>6 Placeholder</h6> <ul> <li class='list'>Item placeholder</li> </ul> </div> <div id="plates"></div> <h2 class="header">doT.js</h2> <div id="dot"></div> <h2 class="header">Knockout</h2> <div id="knockout"> <h1 data-bind="text: header">1 Placeholder</h1> <h2 data-bind="text: header2">2 Placeholder</h2> <h3 data-bind="text: header3">3 Placeholder</h3> <h4 data-bind="text: header4">4 Placeholder</h4> <h5 data-bind="text: header5">5 Placeholder</h5> <h6 data-bind="text: header6">6 Placeholder</h6> <ul data-bind="foreach: list"> <li><span data-bind="text: $data">Item placeholder</span></li> </ul> </div> Include JavaScript libraries as follows: <script src="//cdn.ext/library.js"></script> Define setup for all tests (variables, functions, arrays or other objects that will be used in the tests) (runs before each clocked test loop, outside of the timed code region) (e.g. define local test variables, reset global variables, clear canvas, etc.) (see FAQ) window.sharedVariables = { header: "Header", header2: "Header2", header3: "Header3", header4: "Header4", header5: "Header5", header6: "Header6", list: ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10'] }; window.transparencyTemplate = document.getElementById('transparency'); window.distalTemplate = document.getElementById('distal'); 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'>{{this}}</li>{{/list}}</ul></div>"); window.handlebarsOutput = document.getElementById('handlebars'); window.platesTemplate = $('#platesTemplate').html(); window.platesOutput = document.getElementById("plates"); window.dotTemplate = doT.template("<div><h1>{{=it.header}}</h1><h2>{{=it.header2}}</h2><h3>{{=it.header3}}</h3><h4>{{=it.header4}}</h4><h5>{{=it.header5}}</h5><h6>{{=it.header6}}</h6><ul>{{~it.list:elem}}<li class='item'>{{=elem}}</li>{{~}}</ul></div>"); window.dotOutput = document.getElementById("dot"); window.knockoutTemplate = document.getElementById("knockout"); Define teardown for all tests (runs after each clocked test loop, outside of the timed code region) (see FAQ) Code snippets to compare Test 1 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code dotOutput.innerHTML = dotTemplate(sharedVariables); Test 2 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code handlebarsOutput.innerHTML = handlebarsTemplate(sharedVariables); Test 3 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code distal(distalTemplate, sharedVariables); Test 4 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code platesOutput.innerHTML = Plates.bind(platesTemplate, sharedVariables); Test 5 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code Transparency.render(transparencyTemplate, sharedVariables); Test 6 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code ko.applyBindings(sharedVariables, knockoutTemplate);