Benchmark: _.isEmpty vs Object.keys.length fork

HTML Preparation code:

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/4.17.4/lodash.min.js"></script>

Script Preparation code:

window.obj = {};

for (var i = 0, len = 100; i < len; i++) {
  obj['key' + i] = 'value' + i;
}

Tests:

_.isEmpty
_.isEmpty(window.obj);
Object.keys().length
Object.keys(window.obj).length === 0;
!window.obj
if (!window.obj || !window.obj['fr']) return;

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
_.isEmpty
Object.keys().length
!window.obj

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 what is being tested in this benchmark.

The test case is comparing three different approaches to check if an object is empty:

1. `_.isEmpty(window.obj)`: This uses the Lodash library, which provides a utility function called `isEmpty` that checks if an object is empty. The `window.obj` variable is created using the provided script preparation code, which initializes it with 100 properties.

2. `Object.keys(window.obj).length === 0`: This checks the length of the array returned by `Object.keys()` on the `window.obj` object. If the length is 0, it means the object has no keys and is therefore empty.

3. `!window.obj || !window.obj['fr']`: This uses a special JavaScript feature called the "logical OR operator" (||) to check if `window.obj` is falsy or if one of its properties (`'fr'`) is falsy. If either condition is true, it means the object is empty.

**Options Compared:**

* Lodash's `isEmpty` function
* Using `Object.keys()` to check the length of an object
* Using a conditional statement with logical OR operator

**Pros and Cons:**

1. **Lodash's `isEmpty` function**: Pros:
	* Provides a clear and concise way to check if an object is empty.
	* Part of a widely-used and well-maintained library.
Cons:
	* Requires including the Lodash library in the test environment, which may add overhead.
2. **Using `Object.keys()`**: Pros:
	* Does not require any additional libraries.
Cons:
	* Can be slower than using `_.isEmpty` because it involves iterating over the object's keys.
3. **Logical OR operator (`||`)**: Pros:
	* Does not require any additional libraries.
Cons:
	* May be less readable or maintainable for complex expressions.

**Other Considerations:**

* The test uses a special JavaScript feature called "property access" to check if an object has a specific property (`'fr'`). This is done using the syntax `window.obj['fr']`.
* The test also uses a "logical OR operator" (||) to combine two conditions. This is a shorthand way of writing `(condition1 || condition2)`.

**Alternatives:**

Other ways to check if an object is empty could include:

* Using the `Object.keys()` method and comparing its length to 0
* Using a recursive function to iterate over the object's properties
* Using a library like jQuery or Underscore.js, which provide similar utility functions

However, Lodash's `isEmpty` function is often considered the most concise and readable way to check if an object is empty.

Latest run results:

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

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_14_1) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/70.0.3538.102 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 70 on Mac OS X 10.14.1

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Test name	Executions per second
_.isEmpty	262936.9 Ops/sec
Object.keys().length	286259.7 Ops/sec
!window.obj	2916049.8 Ops/sec

Related benchmarks:

_.isEmpty vs Object.keys.length fork (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: _.isEmpty vs Object.keys().length vs !window.obj

Created: 5 years ago by: Guest

Jump to the latest result

_.isEmpty

Object.keys().length

!window.obj

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):