JQuery HowTo: Javascript for() loop vs jQuery .each() performance comparison
This post is an outcome of 15 minutes of free time and a question that I had yesterday. This question were:1. How fast jQuery’s .each() method is?
2. How does it compare to javascript’s native for loop?It is clear without any performance tests that native javascript for loop is faster, but I always used jQuery’s .each() utility with caution. It always felt like I will get a performance penalty for using it. So I tried to never use it.
So today, I wrote up a little javascript performance test and got my answers. Basically, I created an array and iterated through it using native for loop and jQuery’s .each() iterator. All I did was just an iteration and no array amendments or any other logic. I know it is very basic, but that’s exactly what I want to know. How fast they iterate!