Benchmark: testss - MeasureThat.net

HTML Preparation code:

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

Script Preparation code:

var element = document.getElementById('test')

Tests:

innerHTML
element.innerHTML = "Josh";
setAttribute
element.setAttribute('data-title', 'Josh');

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
innerHTML
setAttribute

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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

LLMs can make mistakes. Check important info.

Let's break down the provided benchmark and explain what's being tested.

**Benchmark Definition**

The benchmark definition provides information about the test case, including:

* `Name`: The name of the benchmark, which is "testss" in this case.
* `Description`: A brief description of the benchmark, which seems to be a placeholder ("estt").
* `Script Preparation Code` and `Html Preparation Code`: These codes are used to prepare the environment for running the test. In this case, they're setting up a simple HTML element with an ID "test" and assigning it to a variable named "element".

**Individual Test Cases**

The benchmark defines two individual test cases:

1. **innerHTML**
	* `Benchmark Definition`: Sets the innerHTML of the element to "Josh".
2. **setAttribute**
	* `Benchmark Definition`: Sets the attribute "data-title" on the element to "Josh".

**Options Compared**

In this benchmark, we have two options being compared:

* **`innerHTML`**: Setting the innerHTML of an element.
* **`setAttribute`**: Setting an attribute on an element.

These options are often used in different scenarios. For example:

* `innerHTML` is commonly used when you want to render HTML content within an element, such as a tooltip or a popup. It's also useful for inserting content into an element without modifying its structure.
* `setAttribute` is typically used when you need to add or update attributes on an element without changing its innerHTML. This can be useful in scenarios where the attribute value needs to be dynamic or when you want to avoid modifying the element's structure.

**Pros and Cons**

Here are some pros and cons of each option:

* **`innerHTML`**:
	+ Pros: Easy to use, efficient for simple text content.
	+ Cons: Can be slower than `setAttribute` if the content is large, as it involves creating a new HTML document.
* **`setAttribute`**:
	+ Pros: Faster and more memory-efficient for larger attributes or when updating existing attributes.
	+ Cons: Requires more code to set up the attribute name and value.

**Library Usage**

In this benchmark, there doesn't seem to be any explicit library usage. However, it's worth noting that the `Element` API (e.g., `document.getElementById()`, `element.innerHTML`) is a part of the browser's built-in functionality.

**Special JS Features/Syntax**

There are no special JavaScript features or syntax mentioned in this benchmark. The code appears to be standard JavaScript with basic DOM manipulation.

**Other Alternatives**

If you need to compare other options, here are some alternatives:

* **`createElement()` and `appendChild()`**: Instead of setting attributes using `setAttribute`, you can create a new element and append it to the existing element.
* **`innerHTML` with a template engine**: If you're working with complex HTML templates, consider using an HTML template engine like Handlebars or Mustache.
* **`DOM manipulation libraries`**: Libraries like jQuery or React can provide alternative ways to manipulate the DOM, which might be faster or more efficient in certain scenarios.

I hope this explanation helps!

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 6 years ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_12_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/65.0.3325.181 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 65 on Mac OS X 10.12.6

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Test name	Executions per second
innerHTML	96420.0 Ops/sec
setAttribute	4260473.0 Ops/sec

Related benchmarks:

testss (version: 0)

estt

Comparing performance of: innerHTML vs setAttribute

Created: 6 years ago by: Guest

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innerHTML

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):