Part 2 of the jsperf best of. Enjoy!
- Part 1 – jQuery Selectors, JavaScript Strings, JavaScript DOM Caching/DOM Traversal
- Part 2 – jQuery Each/Loops, jQuery AJAX, jQuery Animation/CSS, JavaScript Templating
- Part 3 – Miscellaneous Speed Tests (the best of the rest!)
JavaScript/jQuery Loop Speed Tests
These test compare ways of looping in JavaScript and jQuery.
Comparison of loops using raw, underscore and interator patterns
jQuery.each vs. for loop
Also see: SPEED QUESTION JQUERY.EACH VS. FOR LOOP
jQuery Ajax Speed Tests
jQuery .live() vs .delegate() vs .on() vs bind()
See post jQuery .on() vs .live() if your unsure what the difference is.
$(document).on() vs $(“body”).on()
JSON vs JSONP
See post jQuery AJAX Demos if you want to see some action.
jQuery Animation/CSS Speed Tests
$.css VS $.animate VS $.width
Using $.css() is fastest.
JavaScript Templating Speed Tests
JavaScript template language shootoff
Meet the author
Sam Deering is a Front-end Web Developer who specialises in JavaScript & jQuery. Sam is driven and passionate about sharing his knowledge to educate others.
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