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jQuery: adding <input> elemnts to a div. 1. by adding tags 2. by adding input elements. Which way is faster? Also This code seems to run in lesser time in Google Chrome than Firefox. Why? You can test it in jsbin.com
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jQueryBenchmarkingDynamicInputElementCode
<html><head>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery(function ($) {
// code1
var start = +new Date();
var html = '';
for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
$('#container1').append('<input name="text' + i + '"' + ' value="' + i + '" />');
}
var end = +new Date();
var diff = end - start;
console.log('time taken by code1 ' + diff + 'ms');
// code2
var start = +new Date();
var html = '';
for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
$('<input>').attr({
type: 'text',
id: 'foo' + i,
value: i
}).appendTo('#container2');
}
var end = +new Date();
var diff = end - start;
console.log('time taken by code2 ' + diff + 'ms');
});
</script>
</head><body>
<div id="container1"></div>
<div id="container2"></div>
</body></html>
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