Benchmark: next-element - MeasureThat.net

HTML Preparation code:

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.1.1.min.js"></script>
<div id="first"></div>
<div id="second"></div>

Script Preparation code:

var cycle = document.getElementById('first');
var $cycle = $('#first');

Tests:

DOM API
var result = cycle.nextElementSibling;
jQuery
var $result = $cycle.next();

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
DOM API
jQuery

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 26 days ago):

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Let's break down the provided JSON data and explain what is being tested, compared, and discussed.

**Benchmark Definition**

The benchmark definition provides information about the test case:

* `Name`: The name of the benchmark, which in this case is "next-element".
* `Description`: A brief description of the benchmark, indicating that it compares the DOM API with jQuery.
* `Script Preparation Code`:
	+ `var cycle = document.getElementById('first');`: This line of code prepares a variable `cycle` by selecting an HTML element with the ID "first" using the Document Object Model (DOM).
	+ `var $cycle = $('#first');`: This line of code prepares another variable `$cycle` by selecting the same HTML element with the ID "first" using jQuery. The dollar sign (`$`) is a common convention in jQuery to indicate that a function or property belongs to the library.
* `Html Preparation Code`: A piece of HTML code that sets up two elements with IDs "first" and "second". This code will be executed before running each test case.

**Individual Test Cases**

The individual test cases are defined as an array:

* Each object in the array represents a single test case, with the following properties:
	+ `Benchmark Definition`: A string that defines the specific operation being tested. In this case, there are two test cases:
		- "var result = cycle.nextElementSibling;" (DOM API)
		- "var $result = $cycle.next();" (jQuery)
	+ `Test Name`: The name of each test case.

**Tested Operations**

The benchmark tests the execution speed of the following operations:

* DOM API: `nextElementSibling` method, which returns the next sibling element in the DOM tree.
* jQuery: `next()` method, which returns the next element in the DOM tree.

**Options Compared**

Two options are being compared:

1. **DOM API**: The built-in JavaScript method `nextElementSibling`.
2. **jQuery**: A wrapper around the DOM API using jQuery's `next()` method.

**Pros and Cons of Each Approach**

Here are some pros and cons of each approach:

* **DOM API (JavaScript)**:
	+ Pros: Built-in JavaScript method, no additional library required.
	+ Cons: May require more DOM manipulation knowledge.
* **jQuery**:
	+ Pros: Familiar syntax for many developers, easy to use for simple operations.
	+ Cons: Adds an additional dependency (the jQuery library), which may not be necessary for all projects.

**Library: jQuery**

jQuery is a popular JavaScript library that provides a simplified way of interacting with the DOM. It's widely used in web development and offers a convenient syntax for common DOM operations, such as `next()`.

**Special JS Feature/Syntax**

There isn't any special JavaScript feature or syntax mentioned in this benchmark. Both test cases use standard JavaScript syntax to access sibling elements in the DOM tree.

**Other Alternatives**

If you're looking for alternative ways to access next sibling elements in the DOM tree, you could consider:

* `previousSibling` method: Returns the previous sibling element.
* `nextElementSibling` method (alternative): Some browsers have a similar method called `nextElementSibling()` which returns the next sibling element.

However, it's worth noting that these alternatives are not as widely supported or well-known as the standard `nextElementSibling` method.

Latest run results:

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

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/53.0.2785.116 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 53 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
DOM API	7950909.5 Ops/sec
jQuery	685349.5 Ops/sec

Related benchmarks:

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Created: 8 years ago by: Guest

Jump to the latest result

DOM API

jQuery

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Experimental features:

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 26 days ago):