Benchmark: jQuery 3.6.4 by id vs Document.getElementById

HTML Preparation code:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jQuery/jquery-3.6.4.min.js"></script>
<div id="testElement"></div>

Tests:

jQuery
var el = $("#testElement")[0]; var className = el.className;
Vanilla JS
var el = document.getElementById('testElement'); var className = el.className;

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
jQuery
Vanilla JS

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: one year ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/110.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 110 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
jQuery	1922459.9 Ops/sec
Vanilla JS	5676238.0 Ops/sec

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

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**What is being tested?**

The benchmark compares the speed of getting an element by its ID using two approaches: jQuery (a popular JavaScript library) and Vanilla JS (JavaScript without any external libraries).

**Options compared:**

1. **jQuery**: Uses the jQuery library to select elements by their ID. jQuery provides a convenient way to manipulate and interact with HTML documents.
2. **Vanilla JS**: Uses native JavaScript functions (`document.getElementById`) to select elements by their ID.

**Pros and Cons:**

* **jQuery**:
	+ Pros: Easier to use, more flexible, and supports more advanced selectors.
	+ Cons: Adds extra overhead due to the library itself, which can impact performance. Also, requires including an additional file (the jQuery library).
* **Vanilla JS**:
	+ Pros: Lighter weight, faster execution, and no external dependencies.
	+ Cons: Requires more manual effort and expertise in using native JavaScript functions.

**Library usage**

In this benchmark, the `jQuery` library is used to select elements by their ID. The library provides a convenient way to manipulate and interact with HTML documents. However, it also adds extra overhead due to the library itself.

**Special JS feature or syntax**

There are no special JavaScript features or syntax mentioned in the provided code snippets.

**Other alternatives**

If you're looking for alternative approaches, here are some options:

* **DOM manipulation libraries**: Other libraries like React, Angular, or Vue.js provide their own ways of manipulating and interacting with DOM elements.
* **Custom solutions**: Depending on your specific use case, you might need to create a custom solution using native JavaScript functions or a combination of libraries.

**Benchmark preparation code**

The provided `Script Preparation Code` is empty, which means the benchmark assumes that no external scripts are required. The `Html Preparation Code` includes the jQuery library and creates a simple HTML element (`<div id="testElement"></div>`) to test the benchmarks.

Overall, this benchmark provides a useful comparison between two popular approaches to selecting elements by their ID in JavaScript.

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Comparing performance of: jQuery vs Vanilla JS

Created: one year ago by: Guest

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jQuery

Vanilla JS

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Experimental features:

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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