I have written this code to benchmark jQuery vs DOM performance. The performance is defferent in every browser with the worst performer Firefox X25 slower running jQuery. Is this expected behavior? I wasn t expecting to see such an impact with jQuery.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.js"></script>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
$(function () {
var i=0;
var dtb = new Date();
while(i < 1000000)
{
var index = Math.floor(Math.random()*30);
i++;
var elem = document.getElementById( d +index);
}
var dte = new Date();
alert(dte-dtb);
i=0;
var dtb2 = new Date();
var body = document.getElementById( cog );
while(i < 1000000)
{
var index = Math.floor(Math.random()*30);
i++;
var elem = body.childNodes[index];
}
var dte2 = new Date();
alert(dte2-dtb2);
i=0;
var dtb3 = new Date();
while(i < 1000000)
{
var index = Math.floor(Math.random()*30);
i++;
var $elem = $("#d"+index);
}
var dte3 = new Date();
alert(dte3-dtb3);
/////EDIT//////
///// Implemented an Array as suggested by Erik Reppen ////////
i = 0;
var idNames=new Array(30);
while(i<30){
idNames[i] = $("#d"+i);
i++;
}
i=0;
var dtb4 = new Date();
while(i < 1000000)
{
var index = Math.floor(Math.random()*30);
i++;
var $elem = idNames[index];
}
var dte4 = new Date();
alert(dte4-dtb4);
/////EDIT//////////////////////////////////////////////
});
</script>
</head>
<body id="cog">
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</body>
</html>