Demystifying jQuery selector optimization
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Demystifying jQuery selector optimization
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Re: Demystifying jQuery selector optimization
#2This is not really accurate information. The methodology is poor compared to other selector tests, and the results are less accurate and less specific. Selector optimization changes based upon the browser. The slowest browsers(ie6) actually select faster with $(tagname.classname) and other more specific selectors. Of course he didn't mention which browsers he tested in or which version of jquery or if it was an average of many runs.
In anycase it is probably more worthwhile to optimize for the slowest browsers that you want to be compatible with, and those browsers are not firefox unless you don't care about like half of the people on the internet.
edit - just to clarify, based upon his results I'm guessing he's only using firefox to run these tests.
Re: Demystifying jQuery selector optimization
#3This is not really accurate information. The methodology is poor compared to other selector tests, and the results are less accurate and less specific. Selector optimization changes based upon the browser. The slowest browsers(ie6) actually select faster with $(tagname.classname) and other more specific selectors. Of course he didn't mention which browsers he tested in or which version of jquery or if it was an avera…
It doesn't feel like an overly comprehensive test to me either. He also doesn't mention how many test cycles he's running, browser versions, etc.
Re: Demystifying jQuery selector optimization
#4This is not really accurate information. The methodology is poor compared to other selector tests, and the results are less accurate and less specific. Selector optimization changes based upon the browser. The slowest browsers(ie6) actually select faster with $(tagname.classname) and other more specific selectors. Of course he didn't mention which browsers he tested in or which version of jquery or if it was an avera…
(I think the author of the blog post was a "she")
Do you have some links to other selector optimization tests/benchmarks/posts? I'd be interested in seeing those as well
Re: Demystifying jQuery selector optimization
#5I don't know if it helps, but I talked to John Resig last Friday night after day 1 of JSConf2009. I specifically was asking about how Sizzle works when selecting. The jist of it is that Sizzle selects the maximum number of possible elements, then pairs them down until it finds the ones you are looking for. I haven't dugg back into the Sizzle code yet to really see how this is being done, but it might help others who are curious.