Benchmark: jQuery.text() vs Element.textContent (jQuery 1.11.3

HTML Preparation code:

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.3.js"></script>
<div id="content">
  <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur dictum magna dolor, a convallis erat convallis a. Etiam interdum tincidunt leo non elementum. Mauris rhoncus lorem eu dapibus porta. Integer tincidunt mi a justo dignissim suscipit. Aenean accumsan eget eros eget suscipit. Aliquam maximus rhoncus felis, nec vestibulum turpis fermentum a. Donec sagittis augue eros, non vehicula urna mollis volutpat. Pellentesque gravida placerat arcu, et gravida tellus pellentesque sed. Ut efficitur ornare massa nec aliquet. Aenean pharetra elementum aliquet. Etiam faucibus, metus vel consequat lobortis, ligula ipsum hendrerit erat, id dictum justo purus in metus. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</p>
</div>

Script Preparation code:

var el = document.getElementById('content');
var replacementText = "Narwhal gentrify squid franzen vape 90's man bun, literally godard raw denim pabst mlkshk. Banjo church-key seitan bushwick, cardigan pop-up single-origin coffee tumblr godard disrupt roof party lyft shoreditch yuccie. Church-key hot chicken umami kitsch, vaporware cardigan pop-up. Waistcoat organic sriracha, hashtag meh single-origin coffee brunch wayfarers small batch mustache. Normcore skateboard mumblecore, cold-pressed small batch live-edge try-hard typewriter waistcoat master cleanse heirloom. Heirloom VHS chia, flannel put a bird on it sustainable portland try-hard 90's locavore. Try-hard lo-fi heirloom, sartorial cray chillwave ennui lyft taxidermy farm-to-table.";

Tests:

get jQuery.text()
var text = $(el).text();
get Element.textContent
var text = el.textContent;
set jQuery.text()
$(el).text(replacementText);
set Element.textContent
el.textContent = replacementText;

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
get jQuery.text()
get Element.textContent
set jQuery.text()
set Element.textContent

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: one year ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/105.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 105 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
get jQuery.text()	202946.5 Ops/sec
get Element.textContent	450010.4 Ops/sec
set jQuery.text()	85450.5 Ops/sec
set Element.textContent	3062484.2 Ops/sec

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

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**Benchmark Overview**

The provided JSON represents a JavaScript microbenchmark on the performance comparison of `jQuery.text()` and `Element.textContent`. The benchmark is designed to test how efficiently these two methods can retrieve or set text content within an HTML element.

**Options Compared**

Two options are compared in this benchmark:

1. **`jQuery.text()`**: This method retrieves or sets the text content of an HTML element using jQuery.
2. **`Element.textContent`**: This property accesses or modifies the text content of an HTML element.

**Pros and Cons of Each Approach**

### `jQuery.text()`

* Pros:
	+ Provides a convenient way to manipulate text content within an HTML element using jQuery's DOM manipulation capabilities.
	+ Can be more intuitive for developers familiar with jQuery.
* Cons:
	+ Requires jQuery to be included in the project, which may add unnecessary overhead and increase bundle size.
	+ May have slower execution times due to the additional library dependency.

### `Element.textContent`

* Pros:
	+ Faster execution times since it does not require including a separate library (jQuery).
	+ More lightweight and efficient option for retrieving or setting text content.
* Cons:
	+ Requires manual DOM manipulation, which may be less intuitive for developers unfamiliar with native JavaScript APIs.

**Library: jQuery**

In the benchmark definition JSON, `jQuery 1.11.3` is included as a library. This version of jQuery provides the necessary functionality for manipulating HTML elements using its DOM API. The use of jQuery allows developers to write more concise and readable code when working with HTML elements.

**Special JavaScript Feature or Syntax: None**

There are no special JavaScript features or syntax used in this benchmark that would require additional explanation.

**Other Alternatives**

If `jQuery.text()` is not an option, other alternatives for retrieving or setting text content include:

* Using the `getAttribute()` method to retrieve text content and then parsing the result as a string.
* Utilizing the `innerHTML` property to set text content, although this may be less efficient and more prone to security issues due to potential XSS vulnerabilities.

**Benchmark Preparation Code Explanation**

The provided script preparation code snippet creates an HTML element (`<div>`) with some sample text content:
```javascript
var el = document.getElementById('content');
var replacementText = "Narwhal gentrify squid franzen vape 90's man bun, literally godard raw denim pabst mlkshk. Banjo church-key seitan bushwick, cardigan pop-up single-origin coffee tumblr godard disrupt roof party lyft shoreditch yuccie.";
```
The HTML preparation code snippet includes the jQuery library and sets up the HTML structure for the benchmark:
```javascript
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.3.js"></script>
<div id="content">
  
</div>
```
**Individual Test Cases**

Each test case in the provided list represents a separate iteration of the benchmark, testing either `get jQuery.text()`, `get Element.textContent`, `set jQuery.text()`, or `set Element.textContent`.

Related benchmarks:

jQuery.text() vs Element.textContent (jQuery 1.11.3 (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: get jQuery.text() vs get Element.textContent vs set jQuery.text() vs set Element.textContent

Created: one year ago by: Guest

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get jQuery.text()

get Element.textContent

set jQuery.text()

set Element.textContent

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):