Appending HTML element with attributes

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Preparation code 

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<div id="screenshots">
</div>
      

      <script>

        Benchmark.prototype.setup = function() {

          
  var link = "something.html";
  var title = "Some Title";
  var el = "someImg.png";

        
  };
          



        Benchmark.prototype.teardown = function() {

          
  $("#screenshots").empty();

        
  };

      
</script>

Preparation code output

<div id="screenshots"> </div>

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Test Ops/sec
Original Code 
$('#screenshots').append('<a href="' + link + '" title="' + title + '"><img src="' + el + '" alt="" width="200px" height="200px"></a>');
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DOM scripting 
$("#screenshots").append(
$("<a>").attr({
  'href': link,
  'title': title
}).append(
$("<img>").attr({
  'src': el,
  'alt': '',
  'width': '200px',
  'height': '200px'
})));
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getElementById append 
$(document.getElementById("screenshots")).append('<a href="' + link + '" title="' + title + '"><img src="' + el + '" alt="" width="200px" height="200px"></a>');
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Actual DOM Scripting 
var div = document.getElementById("screenshots"),
    anchor, img;
if (div) {
  anchor = document.createElement("A");;
  anchor.href = link;
  anchor.title = title;
  img = document.createElement("IMG");
  img.src = el;
  img.alt = "";
  img.width = 200;
  img.height = 200;
  anchor.appendChild(img);
  div.appendChild(anchor);
}
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insertAdjacentHTML 
document.getElementById("screenshots").insertAdjacentHTML("beforeend", '<a href="' + link + '" title="' + title + '"><img src="' + el + '" alt="" width="200px" height="200px"></a>');
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