Should I use jQuery.each()?

Question

I\'m doing very frequent iterations over arrays of objects and have been using jQuery.each(). However, I\'m having speed and memory issues and one of the most called methods

Answer 1

This method should give you a dramatic speed improvement.

var elements = $('.myLinks').get(), element = null;
for (var i = 0, length = elements.length; i < length; i++) {
    element = elements[i];
    element.title = "My New Title!";
    element.style.color = "red";
}

Caching will also improve performance.

function MyLinkCache() {
    var internalCache = $('.myLinks').get();

    this.getCache = function() {
        return internalCache;  
    }

    this.rebuild = function() {
        internalCache = $('.myLinks').get();
    }
}

In use:

var myLinks = new MyLinkCache();

function addMyLink() {
    // Add a new link.
    myLinks.rebuild();
}

function processMyLinks() {
    var elements = myLinks.getCache(), element = null;
    for (var i = 0, length = elements.length; i < length; i++) {
        element = elements[i];
        element.title = "My New Title!";
        element.style.color = "red";
    }
}