fasterDOM.js

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javascript dom library

SHOW HN2013

31points
16comments
#767of 1,739 in 2013
Top 45%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

3 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.

Performance: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Fast and interesting performance gains

    From 2 comments
    • Nitpick: line 57 has a typo in 'undefined'. I will have a deeper look at the code tomorrow. A 30% increase is definitely interesting.
      electrichead on HN
    • This is very cool, great work! Although I think you should make it clear in the read me that it only supports 2 basic jQuery-like selectors (by id '#id' and by class '.class'),…
      MattBearman on HN
  • Useful small alternative to jQuery

    From 2 comments
    • Would definitely like to use this -- could you please provide a license file?
      bazillion on HN
    • This is very cool, great work! Although I think you should make it clear in the read me that it only supports 2 basic jQuery-like selectors (by id '#id' and by class '.class'),…
      MattBearman on HN

Objections

  • Only supports id and class selectors

    From 1 comment
    • This is very cool, great work! Although I think you should make it clear in the read me that it only supports 2 basic jQuery-like selectors (by id '#id' and by class '.class'),…
      MattBearman on HN
  • Sizzle already handles this and more and is battle tested

    From 1 comment
    • I looked at this the other day. While I think the effort is always good, a library like Sizzle already handles stuff like this and a lot, lot more. Its field tested and battle…
      geuis on HN
  • Browser support unclear compared to jQuery

    From 1 comment
    • That's only half the puzzle though, does this solution work in most browsers? At least as many as jQuery 2.X? Up to as many as jQuery 1.9.Y?
      hayksaakian on HN

Requests

  • Document supported browsers

    From 1 comment
    • That's only half the puzzle though, does this solution work in most browsers? At least as many as jQuery 2.X? Up to as many as jQuery 1.9.Y?
      hayksaakian on HN
  • Add remove method

    From 1 comment
    • It looks cool! Adding a `remove` method would make it even better.
      oceanstone on HN
  • Add license file

    From 1 comment
    • Would definitely like to use this -- could you please provide a license file?
      bazillion on HN
  • Compare against zepto.js

    From 1 comment

Questions

  • What is the use case?

    From 1 comment
  • How does it compare to querySelectorAll speed?

    From 1 comment
    • This is very cool, great work! Although I think you should make it clear in the read me that it only supports 2 basic jQuery-like selectors (by id '#id' and by class '.class'),…
      MattBearman on HN

Alternatives named

  • Sizzle

    From 1 comment
    • I looked at this the other day. While I think the effort is always good, a library like Sizzle already handles stuff like this and a lot, lot more. Its field tested and battle…
      geuis on HN
  • jQuery

    From 1 comment
    • The idea behind this project, was to make it as small as possible and as fast as possible. Yes it does indeed lose many features that jQuery (or Sizzle) provide, but if you need…
      bndr on HN
  • Zepto.js

    From 1 comment

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