perf-table

Compare the performance of functions.

Easily create a table comparing the performance of different functions. Useful for comparing npm packages and different implementations.

Install

npm i --save-dev perf-table

Usage

To use perf-table simply provide and array of testing tuples. Each testing tuple should have a name or npm package name as it's first member and a function to run as it's second.

The following example tests the perf differences between looping strategies.

const data = new Array(45).fill(100);
 
function forLoop() {
  let result = 1;
 
  for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
    result *= result + data[i];
  }
}
 
function forOf() {
  let result = 1;
 
  for (const item of data) {
    result *= result + item;
  }
}
 
function whileLoop() {
  let result = 1;
  let i = 0;
 
  while (i < data.length) {
    result *= result + data[i++];
  }
}
 
function forEach() {
  let result = 1;
 
  data.forEach(item => {
    result *= result + item;
  });
}
 
// Table is a promise that resolve when done printing/writing the table.
// Resolves with formatted table
const data = await table([
  ['for', forLoop],
  ['for of', forOf],
  ['while', whileLoop],
  ['forEach', forEach]
]);

OUTPUT:

╔═════════╤════════════╤══════════════════════════╤═════════════╗
║ NAME    │ OPS/SEC    │ RELATIVE MARGIN OF ERROR │ SAMPLE SIZE ║
╟─────────┼────────────┼──────────────────────────┼─────────────╢
║ for     │ 11,251,638 │ ± 0.71%                  │ 186         ║
╟─────────┼────────────┼──────────────────────────┼─────────────╢
║ while   │ 10,804,607 │ ± 1.75%                  │ 185         ║
╟─────────┼────────────┼──────────────────────────┼─────────────╢
║ for of  │ 7,223,835  │ ± 1.17%                  │ 167         ║
╟─────────┼────────────┼──────────────────────────┼─────────────╢
║ forEach │ 4,146,640  │ ± 1.72%                  │ 183         ║
╚═════════╧════════════╧══════════════════════════╧═════════════╝

Providing Tuples with other configuration

If you want to configure the table further you will have to put the array demonstrated above in the compare key of your options.

table({
  compare: [
    ['for', forLoop],
    ['for of', forOf],
    ['while', whileLoop],
    ['forEach', forEach]
  ],
  ...
});

Benchmark Options

perf-table is on top of benchmark.js and you can configure the each comparison run with benchmark.js options.

table({
  compare: [ ... ],
  options: {
    minSamples: 500
  }
});

Output Modes

perf-table comes with a few output modes pre configured.

• cli (default) - output a table formatted for the CLI
• md - output a markdown table
• html - output a html table
• csv - output the table data in csv

table({
  compare: [ ... ],
  renderer: 'html'
})

Custom Renderer

If you want to control how the table renders, pass a function to renderer and this will be used to render the perf table data.

const renderCSV: IRenderFunction = data =>
  data.reduce((text, line) => text + `\n${line.join(',')}`, '');
 
table({
  compare: [ ... ],
  renderer: renderCSV
})

Writing to a file

By default perf-table just prints the table to the console. If you provide a file path in the file option the table output will be written to that path.

table({
  compare: [ ... ],
  file: 'test.txt'
})

Force Logging

When the file option is provided the table will not be logged to the console. To override this behavior also pass log: true.

table({
  compare: [ ... ],
  file: 'test.txt',
  log: true
})

BundlePhobia Stats

You can display bundlePhobia column with your perf table to really compare yourself against the competition.

table({
  compare: [ ... ],
  bundle: true
})

Link

To add a link the to bundlePhobia output set bundle to 'link'.

table({
  compare: [ ... ],
  bundle: 'link'
})