Benchmark: JQuery $ vs Vanilla JS

HTML Preparation code:

<div id="testElement"></div>
<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.js'></script>

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

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 28 days ago):

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

**What is being tested?**

The benchmark measures the execution time difference between two approaches: using jQuery ($ operator) and vanilla JavaScript (without any additional libraries) to get the `className` property of an HTML element with the id "testElement".

**Options compared**

There are two main options being compared:

1. **JQuery**: Uses the `$` operator from the jQuery library to select the element, which returns a jQuery object that can be used to access its properties, including `className`.
2. **Vanilla JS**: Uses the `document.getElementById()` method and property access (`el.className`) to get the `className` value directly.

**Pros and Cons of each approach**

1. **JQuery**:
	* Pros:
		+ Often provides a convenient and efficient way to select elements and manipulate their properties.
		+ Can offer additional features and functionality, such as event handling and DOM manipulation.
	* Cons:
		+ Adds an extra library dependency, which can increase the overall size of the application and potentially impact performance.
		+ May introduce overhead due to the jQuery abstraction layer.
2. **Vanilla JS**:
	* Pros:
		+ No additional libraries or dependencies are required.
		+ Can be more lightweight and efficient for small-scale applications.
	* Cons:
		+ Requires manual element selection and property access, which can be more verbose and error-prone.

**Library usage**

The `document.getElementById()` method is part of the JavaScript standard library and doesn't require any additional libraries. However, if you're using a framework or library that provides its own version of this method, it might introduce an extra dependency.

**Special JS features or syntax**

None are mentioned in this specific benchmark.

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 2 years ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:100.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/100.0

Browser/OS: Firefox 100 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
JQuery	3689960.0 Ops/sec
Vanilla JS	4199502.5 Ops/sec

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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 28 days ago):