Benchmark: lodash forEach vs array.forEach vs for loop

HTML Preparation code:

<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/4.17.5/lodash.min.js'></script>

Script Preparation code:

var values = [];

for(i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
    if (Math.random() > 0.5) {
      values.push({ x: true });
    } else { 
      values.push({ x: false });
    }
}

Tests:

lodash.forEach
var count = 0; _.forEach(values, function(v) { if (v.x) { count++; } });
array.forEach
var count = 0; values.forEach(function(v) { if (v.x) { count++; } });
for loop
var count = 0; for (var i = 0; i < values.length; i++) { if (values[i].x) { count++; } }

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
lodash.forEach
array.forEach
for loop

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 3 years ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/95.0.4638.69 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 95 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
lodash.forEach	6490.4 Ops/sec
array.forEach	8508.3 Ops/sec
for loop	557.8 Ops/sec

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

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The provided JSON represents a JavaScript benchmark, specifically comparing the performance of three approaches: using Lodash's `forEach` function, the built-in `forEach` method of arrays, and a traditional `for` loop.

**Options Compared:**

1. **Lodash's `forEach`**: This is an external library that provides a functional programming interface for iterating over arrays.
2. **Built-in `forEach` method of arrays**: This is a native JavaScript function that allows you to iterate over the elements of an array without mutating it.
3. **Traditional `for` loop**: This is a basic iteration mechanism that uses a counter variable and conditional statements to traverse through the elements of an array.

**Pros and Cons:**

1. **Lodash's `forEach`**:
	* Pros: Provides a concise and expressive way to iterate over arrays, decouples the iteration logic from the rest of the code.
	* Cons: Requires an external library, which may not be available in all environments (e.g., older browsers).
2. **Built-in `forEach` method of arrays**:
	* Pros: Native JavaScript function, widely supported across modern browsers and Node.js versions.
	* Cons: May require additional setup or configuration to access the iteration logic from other parts of the codebase.
3. **Traditional `for` loop**:
	* Pros: Widely understood and easily implemented, requires no external dependencies.
	* Cons: Can be verbose and error-prone, especially for complex iterations.

**Library Used:**

Lodash is a popular JavaScript utility library that provides a wide range of functional programming utilities, including the `forEach` function used in this benchmark. Lodash's purpose is to simplify common tasks by providing pre-built functions and methods that can be used in various parts of codebases.

**Special JS Feature/Syntax:**

None are explicitly mentioned in the provided JSON.

**Other Alternatives:**

In addition to the three options compared, other alternatives for iterating over arrays in JavaScript include:

1. **Array.prototype.map()**: This method creates a new array with the results of applying a provided function to each element in the original array.
2. **Array.prototype.filter()**: This method creates a new array with only the elements that satisfy a provided condition.
3. **For...of loop**: This is a newer iteration mechanism introduced in ECMAScript 2015 (ES6), which allows you to iterate over arrays and other iterable objects without using traditional `for` loops.

These alternatives may offer different performance characteristics or trade-offs compared to the three options compared in this benchmark, but are often used for different use cases or requirements.

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lodash.forEach

array.forEach

for loop

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Experimental features:

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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