Benchmark: JQuery - CSS Multiple vs CSS Single Stack vs CSS Single Row

HTML Preparation code:

<p id="image">IMAGE</p>
<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.js'></script>

Tests:

css() Multiple
$("#image").css({top: '10px', bottom: '30px'});
css() Single Stacked
$("#image").css('top', '10px').css('bottom', '30px');
css() Single Row
$("#image").css('top', '10px'); $("#image").css('bottom', '30px');

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
css() Multiple
css() Single Stacked
css() Single Row

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 the JavaScript microbenchmark on MeasureThat.net and explain what's being tested, compared, and other considerations.

**Benchmark Overview**

The benchmark compares three different approaches to setting CSS styles using jQuery: multiple methods (css() with two separate calls), single-stacked method (css() with a chained call), and single-row method (two separate css() calls).

**Library and Purpose**

The library being used here is jQuery, a popular JavaScript library for DOM manipulation, event handling, and other tasks. In this case, jQuery's CSS API is being tested.

**Options Compared**

The three options being compared are:

1. **Multiple Methods**: Using two separate calls to css() (e.g., `$("#image").css({top: '10px', bottom: '30px'})`).
2. **Single-Stacked Method**: Using a chained call to css() with multiple properties (e.g., `$("#image").css('top', '10px').css('bottom', '30px')`).
3. **Single-Row Method**: Using two separate calls to css() with different properties in each call (e.g., `$("#image").css('top', '10px'); $( "#image" ).css( 'bottom', '30px' )`).

**Pros and Cons**

Here's a brief summary of the pros and cons for each approach:

1. **Multiple Methods**: Pros: more explicit, easier to read; Cons: potentially slower due to two separate calls.
2. **Single-Stacked Method**: Pros: more concise, potentially faster since it only requires one call; Cons: may be harder to read or understand, especially for complex styles.
3. **Single-Row Method**: Pros: clear and explicit, similar to multiple methods; Cons: still requires two separate calls.

**Other Considerations**

* Performance: In general, chained calls like the single-stacked method can be faster since they reduce the number of function calls. However, this may depend on the specific browser or JavaScript engine being used.
* Readability and Maintainability: The multiple methods approach is often preferred for its explicitness, while the single-row method provides a clear and concise way to set multiple styles.

**Special JS Feature**

There is no special JS feature or syntax being tested in this benchmark. However, it's worth noting that jQuery uses various JavaScript features like closures (in the `css()` function) and callbacks (in the `script` element).

**Alternatives**

If you're looking for alternative approaches to setting CSS styles using JavaScript, here are a few options:

1. **Vanilla JavaScript**: You can use plain JavaScript functions like `document.getElementById().style.top = '10px';` or `document.getElementById('image').style.bottom = '30px';`.
2. **Modern JavaScript APIs**: Modern browsers support newer JavaScript APIs like `css()` and `getComputedStyle()`, which provide a more concise way to set styles.
3. **CSS-in-JS libraries**: Libraries like styled-components, Emotion, or Glamor allow you to define your styles directly in your JavaScript code using a declarative syntax.

Keep in mind that these alternatives may have different performance characteristics and trade-offs compared to the jQuery approach used in this benchmark.

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 4 years ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/83.0.4103.61 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 83 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
css() Multiple	179153.8 Ops/sec
css() Single Stacked	187141.1 Ops/sec
css() Single Row	156021.5 Ops/sec

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Fastest: N/A

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Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 26 days ago):