Benchmark: Different Styles of Object Diffs in JS

HTML Preparation code:

<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/immutable/3.8.1/immutable.min.js'></script>
<script src='https://s3.amazonaws.com/www.deanius.com/javascripts/mongodb-diff.umd.js'></script>
<script src='https://s3.amazonaws.com/www.deanius.com/javascripts/immutablediff.umd.js'></script>
<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/deep-diff/0.3.3/deep-diff.min.js'></script>

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<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/immutable/3.8.1/immutable.min.js'></script>
<script src='https://s3.amazonaws.com/www.deanius.com/javascripts/mongodb-diff.umd.js'></script>
<script src='https://s3.amazonaws.com/www.deanius.com/javascripts/immutablediff.umd.js'></script>
<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/deep-diff/0.3.3/deep-diff.min.js'></script>

Script Preparation code:

var beforeText = {"_id":"DZqGmqL6T9TBN6KXp","title":"Foofoo","createdAt":1475201145611,"createdBy":"Pe92xcgNnbi3yAebn","updatedBy":"Pe92xcgNnbi3yAebn","updatedAt":1475201156823,"artifactType":"creation","type":"canvas","status":"active","pages":[{"title":"Page 1","_id":"NMGnvMihjvB4XxZa7","createdAt":1475201145612,"items":{"_order":["dsbDxZQr7zMZ9JKYF"],"dsbDxZQr7zMZ9JKYF":{"_id":"dsbDxZQr7zMZ9JKYF","version":"1.0.0","style":{"text_align":"center","padding_left":12,"padding_right":12,"padding_top":28,"padding_bottom":28,"opacity":1},"settings":{"subtitle":false},"type":"headline","text":{"en":{"text":"<p>The word</p>"}}}}}],"settings":{"viewType":"free-form"}};
var afterText = {"_id":"DZqGmqL6T9TBN6KXp","title":"Foofoo","createdAt":1475201145611,"createdBy":"Pe92xcgNnbi3yAebn","updatedBy":"Pe92xcgNnbi3yAebn","updatedAt":1475201226516,"artifactType":"creation","type":"canvas","status":"active","pages":[{"title":"Page 1","_id":"NMGnvMihjvB4XxZa7","createdAt":1475201145612,"items":{"_order":["dsbDxZQr7zMZ9JKYF","J7y7NPf2WWema4sjy"],"dsbDxZQr7zMZ9JKYF":{"_id":"dsbDxZQr7zMZ9JKYF","version":"1.0.0","style":{"text_align":"center","padding_left":12,"padding_right":12,"padding_top":28,"padding_bottom":28,"opacity":1},"settings":{"subtitle":false},"type":"headline","text":{"en":{"text":"<p>The word</p>"}}},"J7y7NPf2WWema4sjy":{"_id":"J7y7NPf2WWema4sjy","version":"1.0.0","style":{"padding_left":12,"padding_right":12,"padding_top":18,"padding_bottom":18},"settings":{"title":false,"description":false,"caption":false},"type":"text","text":{"en":{"text":"<p>My first text</p>"}}}}}],"settings":{"viewType":"free-form"}};

var newEl = {"_id":"J7y7NPf2WWema4sjy","version":"1.0.0","style":{"padding_left":12,"padding_right":12,"padding_top":18,"padding_bottom":18},"settings":{"title":false,"description":false,"caption":false},"type":"text","text":{"en":{"text":"<p>My first text</p>"}}}
var beforeTextI = Immutable.fromJS(beforeText);
var afterTextI = beforeTextI.setIn(['items', 'J7y7NPf2WWema4sjy'], newEl)

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var beforeText = {"_id":"DZqGmqL6T9TBN6KXp","title":"Foofoo","createdAt":1475201145611,"createdBy":"Pe92xcgNnbi3yAebn","updatedBy":"Pe92xcgNnbi3yAebn","updatedAt":1475201156823,"artifactType":"creation","type":"canvas","status":"active","pages":[{"title":"Page 1","_id":"NMGnvMihjvB4XxZa7","createdAt":1475201145612,"items":{"_order":["dsbDxZQr7zMZ9JKYF"],"dsbDxZQr7zMZ9JKYF":{"_id":"dsbDxZQr7zMZ9JKYF","version":"1.0.0","style":{"text_align":"center","padding_left":12,"padding_right":12,"padding_top":28,"padding_bottom":28,"opacity":1},"settings":{"subtitle":false},"type":"headline","text":{"en":{"text":"<p>The word</p>"}}}}}],"settings":{"viewType":"free-form"}};var afterText = {"_id":"DZqGmqL6T9TBN6KXp","title":"Foofoo","createdAt":1475201145611,"createdBy":"Pe92xcgNnbi3yAebn","updatedBy":"Pe92xcgNnbi3yAebn","updatedAt":1475201226516,"artifactType":"creation","type":"canvas","status":"active","pages":[{"title":"Page 1","_id":"NMGnvMihjvB4XxZa7","createdAt":1475201145612,"items":{"_order":["dsbDxZQr7zMZ9JKYF","J7y7NPf2WWema4sjy"],"dsbDxZQr7zMZ9JKYF":{"_id":"dsbDxZQr7zMZ9JKYF","version":"1.0.0","style":{"text_align":"center","padding_left":12,"padding_right":12,"padding_top":28,"padding_bottom":28,"opacity":1},"settings":{"subtitle":false},"type":"headline","text":{"en":{"text":"<p>The word</p>"}}},"J7y7NPf2WWema4sjy":{"_id":"J7y7NPf2WWema4sjy","version":"1.0.0","style":{"padding_left":12,"padding_right":12,"padding_top":18,"padding_bottom":18},"settings":{"title":false,"description":false,"caption":false},"type":"text","text":{"en":{"text":"<p>My first text</p>"}}}}}],"settings":{"viewType":"free-form"}};​var newEl = {"_id":"J7y7NPf2WWema4sjy","version":"1.0.0","style":{"padding_left":12,"padding_right":12,"padding_top":18,"padding_bottom":18},"settings":{"title":false,"description":false,"caption":false},"type":"text","text":{"en":{"text":"<p>My first text</p>"}}}var beforeTextI = Immutable.fromJS(beforeText);var afterTextI = beforeTextI.setIn(['items', 'J7y7NPf2WWema4sjy'], newEl)

Tests:

DeepDiff (beforeText, afterText)
DeepDiff(beforeText, afterText)
DeepDiff(beforeText, afterText)
MongoDBDiff.diff(beforeText, afterText)
MongoDBDiff.diff(beforeText, afterText)
MongoDBDiff.diff(beforeText, afterText)
MongoDBDiff.diff *.toJS()
MongoDBDiff.diff(beforeTextI.toJS(), afterTextI.toJS())
MongoDBDiff.diff(beforeTextI.toJS(), afterTextI.toJS())
ImmutableDiff two mostly shared objects
idiff(beforeTextI, afterTextI)
idiff(beforeTextI, afterTextI)

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Experimental features:

Memory measurements supported only in Chrome.
For precise memory measurements Chrome must be launched with --enable-precise-memory-info flag.
More information: Monitoring JavaScript Memory

Test case name	Result
DeepDiff (beforeText, afterText)
MongoDBDiff.diff(beforeText, afterText)
MongoDBDiff.diff *.toJS()
ImmutableDiff two mostly shared objects

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 5 years ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/79.0.3945.117 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 79 on Linux

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Test name	Executions per second
DeepDiff (beforeText, afterText)	38981.0 Ops/sec
MongoDBDiff.diff(beforeText, afterText)	35049.1 Ops/sec
MongoDBDiff.diff *.toJS()	20924.8 Ops/sec
ImmutableDiff two mostly shared objects	109612.8 Ops/sec

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 6 months ago):

Let's break down the provided benchmark definition and explanation.

What is being tested?

The test cases are designed to compare different approaches for computing object diffs in JavaScript. The inputs are two JSON objects: beforeText and afterText. These objects represent before-and-after states of some kind, likely related to a web application.

The objective is to find the most efficient way to determine what has changed between these two states.

Options being compared:

DeepDiff: A library that provides a deep diff algorithm for JavaScript objects.
MongoDBDiff: Another library specifically designed for computing diffs in MongoDB-style documents (i.e., JSON-like with nested structures).
idiff: A library that performs incremental diffing between two immutable data structures.

Pros and Cons of each approach:

DeepDiff:
- Pros: Robust, widely-used, and well-maintained.
- Cons: May be slower than other approaches for very large objects or complex data structures.
MongoDBDiff:
- Pros: Optimized for MongoDB-style documents, which are common in web applications.
- Cons: May not be as efficient as DeepDiff for general-purpose object diffs.
idiff:
- Pros: Designed specifically for incremental diffing, making it potentially faster than other approaches.
- Cons: May require additional setup and understanding of immutable data structures.

Other considerations:

The use of Immutable.js library (beforeTextI) suggests that the test case is interested in exploring different strategies for computing diffs between immutable data structures.
The toJS() method is used to convert Immutable.js objects to regular JavaScript objects, which allows for a more direct comparison with other libraries.

Other alternatives:

Some other libraries and approaches worth mentioning include:

diff: A lightweight library that provides basic diffing functionality.
ObjectDiffer: Another popular library for computing object diffs.
Lodash.diff: A utility function from the Lodash library that can be used for diffing.

These alternatives may not be as well-maintained or widely adopted as some of the libraries mentioned above, but they still provide a solid foundation for exploring different strategies for computing object diffs.

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Let's break down the provided benchmark definition and explanation.

**What is being tested?**

The test cases are designed to compare different approaches for computing object diffs in JavaScript. The inputs are two JSON objects: `beforeText` and `afterText`. These objects represent before-and-after states of some kind, likely related to a web application.

The objective is to find the most efficient way to determine what has changed between these two states.

**Options being compared:**

1. **DeepDiff**: A library that provides a deep diff algorithm for JavaScript objects.
2. **MongoDBDiff**: Another library specifically designed for computing diffs in MongoDB-style documents (i.e., JSON-like with nested structures).
3. **idiff**: A library that performs incremental diffing between two immutable data structures.

**Pros and Cons of each approach:**

1. **DeepDiff**:
	* Pros: Robust, widely-used, and well-maintained.
	* Cons: May be slower than other approaches for very large objects or complex data structures.
2. **MongoDBDiff**:
	* Pros: Optimized for MongoDB-style documents, which are common in web applications.
	* Cons: May not be as efficient as DeepDiff for general-purpose object diffs.
3. **idiff**:
	* Pros: Designed specifically for incremental diffing, making it potentially faster than other approaches.
	* Cons: May require additional setup and understanding of immutable data structures.

**Other considerations:**

* The use of Immutable.js library (`beforeTextI`) suggests that the test case is interested in exploring different strategies for computing diffs between immutable data structures.
* The `toJS()` method is used to convert Immutable.js objects to regular JavaScript objects, which allows for a more direct comparison with other libraries.

**Other alternatives:**

Some other libraries and approaches worth mentioning include:

1. **diff**: A lightweight library that provides basic diffing functionality.
2. **ObjectDiffer**: Another popular library for computing object diffs.
3. **Lodash.diff**: A utility function from the Lodash library that can be used for diffing.

Related benchmarks:

Different Styles of Object Diffs in JS (version: 10)

Comparing performance of: DeepDiff (beforeText, afterText) vs MongoDBDiff.diff(beforeText, afterText) vs MongoDBDiff.diff *.toJS() vs ImmutableDiff two mostly shared objects

Created: 8 years ago by: Registered User

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DeepDiff (beforeText, afterText)

MongoDBDiff.diff(beforeText, afterText)

MongoDBDiff.diff *.toJS()

ImmutableDiff two mostly shared objects

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Experimental features:

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 6 months ago):