Benchmark: 【JiangNanGame】style setting test 2

HTML Preparation code:

<div id="test"></div>

Script Preparation code:

window.el = document.getElementById("test");

Tests:

style.setProperty
let i = 0; const styleObject = el.style; while (i < 10000) { styleObject.setProperty("left","100px"); styleObject.setProperty("top","100px"); i++; }
setAttribute
let i = 0; while (i < 10000) { el.setAttribute('style',"left: 100px; width: 100px; height: 50px; top: 100px;border-radius: 0;border-width: 0;background: 0 0;font-family: inherit;font-size: inherit;margin: 0;white-space: pre;word-wrap: normal;line-height: inherit;color: inherit;z-index: 2;position: relative;overflow: visible;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"); i++; }

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
style.setProperty
setAttribute

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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

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Let's break down the provided benchmark and its test cases.

**What is being tested?**

The benchmark is testing two different ways to set CSS styles on an HTML element:

1. `setAttribute`: Setting the `style` attribute of an element using the `setAttribute()` method.
2. `setProperty`: Setting a specific CSS property of an element using the `setProperty()` method.

**Options compared:**

* `setAttribute` vs `setProperty`
* These two methods have different use cases and performance implications:
	+ `setAttribute` is used to set the entire `style` attribute, which can contain multiple properties (e.g., `width`, `height`, etc.). It's often faster because it doesn't require parsing or compiling the individual properties.
	+ `setProperty` is used to set a specific CSS property, like `left` or `top`. It's typically slower because it requires more overhead for parsing and compiling the individual property.

**Pros and Cons of each approach:**

* `setAttribute`:
	+ Pros:
		- Typically faster
		- Less overhead due to fewer parsing steps
	+ Cons:
		- May require more memory to store the entire `style` attribute
		- Can be less flexible if you need to set multiple properties at once
* `setProperty`:
	+ Pros:
		- More flexible, as it allows setting individual properties
		- Easier to manage complex styles
	+ Cons:
		- Typically slower due to increased overhead
		- May require more CPU cycles for parsing and compiling

**Library/Features:**

* `el` is an alias for the HTML element with the ID "test", which is a DOM element.
* `window.el = document.getElementById("test");`: This line of code creates an alias for the DOM element, making it easier to reference in the benchmark.

**Special JS feature/syntax:**

None mentioned in this specific benchmark. However, keep in mind that some JavaScript features or syntax might affect performance in general, such as:

* `const` and `let` declarations
* Function closures and scope management
* Object creation and property access

**Alternatives:**

Other methods for setting CSS styles include:

* Using the `style` attribute directly (e.g., `el.style.left = "100px"`): This approach is similar to `setAttribute`, but it's more concise and might be faster.
* Using a library or framework that provides optimized CSS APIs, such as React or Vue.js: These libraries often provide efficient ways to manage styles and may offer better performance than native JavaScript methods.

Keep in mind that the choice of method depends on your specific use case, project requirements, and personal preference. The benchmark provided by MeasureThat.net aims to help developers understand the relative performance of different approaches to setting CSS styles in JavaScript.

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/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 115 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
style.setProperty	192.7 Ops/sec
setAttribute	232.5 Ops/sec

Related benchmarks:

【JiangNanGame】style setting test 2 (version: 10)

Comparing performance of: style.setProperty vs setAttribute

Created: one year ago by: Registered User

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style.setProperty

setAttribute

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):