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Andy Appleton
July 16, 2012
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Object Creation Pattern Performance
A talk at July's London JS meetup about the performance of two JavaScript object creation patterns.
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July 16, 2012
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Transcript
Object Creation Pattern Performance Andy Appleton @appltn http://appleton.me
Two popular patterns for making objects
Module Pattern var Module = function(arg){ var self = {
getArg: function(){ return arg1; } }; return self; };
Constructor Functions var Constructor = function(arg){ this.arg = arg; };
Constructor.prototype.getArg = function(){ return this.arg; };
Smackdown vs
jsperf.com
Test 1: Object Instantiation var doug = new Module('arg'); var
bono = new Constructor('arg');
Test 1: Object Instantiation Chrome 20 Firefox 13 IE 9
Safari 5.1 Module Constructor +30% (operations/sec)
0 - 1
Test 2: Method Calls doug.getArg(); bono.getArg();
Test 2: Method Calls Chrome 20 Firefox 13 IE 9
Safari 5.1 Module Constructor +57% (operations/sec)
1 - 1
Test 2.5: Instantiation & Method Calls var doug = new
Module('arg'); doug.getArg(); var bono = new Constructor('arg'); bono.getArg();
Chrome 20 Firefox 13 IE 9 Safari 5.1 Test 2.5:
Instantiation & Method Calls Module Constructor +61% (operations/sec)
1 - 2
Test 3: Instantiation with inheritance var Module = function(arg1){ //
Set up and return self object }; var ModuleChild = function(arg1, arg2){ var self = new Module(arg1); self.method = function(){}; return self; };
Test 3: Instantiation with inheritance var Constructor = function(arg1){}; //
Add methods to Constructor.prototype var Child = function(arg1, arg2){ // Add instance variables to `this` }; Child.prototype = new Constructor(this.arg1); Child.prototype.method = function(){};
Test 3: Instantiation with inheritance var doug = new ModuleChild('arg',
'arg'); var bono = new ConstructorChild('arg', 'arg');
Chrome 20 Firefox 13 IE 9 Safari 5.1 Test 3:
Instantiation with inheritance Module Constructor +93% (operations/sec)
1 - 3
Test 4: Method calls with inheritance doug.getArg1(); doug.getArg2(); bono.getArg1(); bono.getArg2();
Chrome 20 Firefox 13 IE 9 Safari 5.1 child method
parent method child method parent method Test 4: Method calls with inheritance Module Constructor +56% +53% (operations/sec)
2 - 3
Test 4.5: Instantiation & Method calls with inheritance var doug1
= new ModuleChild('arg', 'arg'); doug1.getArg1(); var doug2 = new ModuleChild('arg', 'arg'); doug2.getArg2(); var bono1 = new ConstructorChild('arg', 'arg'); bono1.getArg1(); var bono2 = new ConstructorChild('arg', 'arg'); bono2.getArg2();
Chrome 20 Firefox 13 IE 9 Safari 5.1 child method
parent method child method parent method Test 4.5: Instantiation & Method calls with inheritance Module Constructor +92% +91% (operations/sec)
2 - 4
Constructor functions are faster to instantiate Use constructors if you’re
going to have a lot of objects
Modules are quicker to call methods on Use modules if
you’re going to be calling a lot of methods
Other factors...
Bono > Crockford and apparently...
1. Object instantiation http://jsperf.com/object-instantiation-test 2. Method calls on instantiated object
http://jsperf.com/method-calling-test 2.5. Object instantiation and method calls http://jsperf.com/intantiation-and-method-call-test 3. Object instantiation with inheritance http://jsperf.com/instantiation-with-inheritance-test 4. Method calls on instantiated objects with inheritance http://jsperf.com/method-calling-with-inheritance-test 4.5. Object instantiation and method calls with inheritance http://jsperf.com/instantiation-and-method-call-test-with-inheritance