Benchmark: Selecting and Hiding - Plain JS vs. jQuery vs. Hybrid

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Tests:

Plain JS
var elements = document.querySelectorAll('li:not(.active)'); for(var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) { elements[i].style.display = 'none'; }
jQuery
$('#navbar li:not(.active)').hide();
Hybrid
var elements = document.querySelectorAll('li:not(.active)'); $(elements).hide();

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Plain JS
jQuery
Hybrid

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 8 years ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/50.0.2661.102 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 50 on Linux

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Test name	Executions per second
Plain JS	37106.2 Ops/sec
jQuery	39959.6 Ops/sec
Hybrid	8872.7 Ops/sec

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 2 months ago):

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I'll break down the test cases and explain what's being tested, along with their pros and cons.

**Test Cases:**

The test cases measure the performance of three different approaches to hide HTML elements:

1. **Plain JS**: `var elements = document.querySelectorAll('li:not(.active)'); for(var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) { elements[i].style.display = 'none'; }`
2. **jQuery**: `$('#navbar li:not(.active)').hide();`
3. **Hybrid**: `var elements = document.querySelectorAll('li:not(.active)'); $(elements).hide();`

**What's being tested:**

* The performance of each approach when hiding a large number of HTML elements.

**Options compared:**

The test compares the performance of three different approaches:

1. Plain JavaScript (using `document.querySelectorAll` and manual loop)
2. jQuery (using `$()`)
3. Hybrid (a combination of both, using `document.querySelectorAll` for element selection and then calling `hide()` on the resulting jQuery object)

**Pros and Cons:**

1. **Plain JS**:
	* Pros: No dependencies on external libraries, easy to understand and implement.
	* Cons: Requires manual loop iteration, which can be slow for large datasets.
2. **jQuery**:
	* Pros: Fast and efficient, uses optimized algorithms under the hood.
	* Cons: Requires an additional library (jQuery), may introduce overhead due to HTTP requests.
3. **Hybrid**:
	* Pros: Combines the best of both worlds, using `document.querySelectorAll` for element selection and then leveraging jQuery's optimized hide method.
	* Cons: May have slight performance overhead due to the use of jQuery.

**Library usage:**

In this test case, jQuery is used in all three approaches. The library provides an efficient way to select elements and manipulate their styles, making it a convenient choice for many developers.

**Special JS feature or syntax:**

None of the test cases explicitly use any special JavaScript features or syntax that's not widely supported. However, it's worth noting that `document.querySelectorAll` is a relatively modern API (introduced in HTML5) and may not be supported by older browsers.

Overall, this test case aims to provide a simple yet informative benchmarking exercise for developers considering different approaches to hiding elements in their applications.

Related benchmarks:

Selecting and Hiding - Plain JS vs. jQuery vs. Hybrid (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: Plain JS vs jQuery vs Hybrid

Created: 8 years ago by: Guest

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Plain JS

jQuery

Hybrid

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

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Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 2 months ago):