Benchmark: floatThead v2.1.2 vs floatThead 1.2.12

HTML Preparation code:

<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.js'></script>
<table>
  <thead>
  	<tr>
   	  <th colspan="3">Invoice #123456789</th>
      <th>14 January 2025</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
     <td colspan="2">
      <strong>Pay to:</strong><br />
      Acme Billing Co.<br />
      123 Main St.<br />
      Cityville, NA 12345
     </td>
     <td colspan="2">
      <strong>Customer:</strong><br />
      John Smith<br />
      321 Willow Way<br />
      Southeast Northwestershire, MA 54321
     </td>
    </tr>
   </thead>
   <tbody>
    <tr>
     <th>Name / Description</th>
     <th>Qty.</th>
     <th>@</th>
     <th>Cost</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
     <td>Paperclips</td>
     <td>1000</td>
     <td>0.01</td>
     <td>10.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
     <td>Staples (box)</td>
     <td>100</td>
     <td>1.00</td>
     <td>100.00</td>
    </tr>
   </tbody>
   <tfoot>
    <tr>
     <th colspan="3">Subtotal</th>
     <td> 110.00</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
     <th colspan="2">Tax</th>
     <td> 8% </td>
     <td>8.80</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
     <th colspan="3">Grand Total</th>
     <td>$ 118.80</td>
    </tr>
   </tfoot>
</table>

Tests:

floatThead 2.1.2
var js = document.createElement("script"); js.type = "text/javascript"; js.src = 'https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/floatthead/2.1.2/jquery.floatThead.min.js'; document.body.appendChild(js); $('table').floatThead();
floatThead 1.2.12
var js = document.createElement("script"); js.type = "text/javascript"; js.src = 'https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/floatthead/1.2.12/jquery.floatThead.min.js'; document.body.appendChild(js); $('table').floatThead();

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
floatThead 2.1.2
floatThead 1.2.12

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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

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**Benchmark Explanation**

MeasureThat.net provides a benchmarking platform for comparing the performance of JavaScript libraries and their versions. The provided benchmark definition represents two test cases: `floatThead v2.1.2` and `floatThead 1.2.12`. These tests measure the execution time of two different versions of the `floatThead` library, which is a jQuery plugin for creating floating table headers.

**Options Compared**

Two options are compared in this benchmark:

1. **Version v2.1.2**: This version of the `floatThead` library has a more recent update history and may include performance improvements or bug fixes.
2. **Version 1.2.12**: This older version of the `floatThead` library may have been stable for longer, but its performance might be slower due to outdated code or security patches.

**Pros and Cons**

* **Version v2.1.2:**
	+ Pros:
		- More recent update history
		- May include performance improvements or bug fixes
	+ Cons:
		- Might be more resource-intensive
		- Could have new security vulnerabilities
* **Version 1.2.12:**
	+ Pros:
		- Stable for longer, reducing potential security risks
		- Less resource-intensive
	+ Cons:
		- Older codebase might lead to slower performance
		- Fewer updates and bug fixes

**Library: floatThead**

`floatThead` is a jQuery plugin that creates floating table headers. It provides a simple way to create responsive, animated table headers without requiring extensive CSS or JavaScript modifications.

**Special JS Feature/Syntax**

There are no special JavaScript features or syntax used in this benchmark. The code snippets provided are straightforward examples of creating a new script element and appending it to the document body, followed by calling the `floatThead` method on the target jQuery object.

**Alternatives**

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* **WebPageTest**: A comprehensive web performance testing tool that measures page load times, scrolling performance, and other factors.
* **Benchpress.js**: A benchmarking library specifically designed for measuring JavaScript performance in different browsers and environments.
* **Google Chrome's built-in Benchmark**: A simple benchmarking tool included in the Google Chrome browser that can be used to test JavaScript performance.

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Latest run results:

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

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/75.0.3770.100 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 75 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
floatThead 2.1.2	1908.0 Ops/sec
floatThead 1.2.12	1486.6 Ops/sec

Related benchmarks:

floatThead v2.1.2 vs floatThead 1.2.12 (version: 0)

floatThead performance

Comparing performance of: floatThead 2.1.2 vs floatThead 1.2.12

Created: 6 years ago by: Guest

Jump to the latest result

floatThead 2.1.2

floatThead 1.2.12

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):