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Javascript Does Not Need a StringBuilder

Javascript Does Not Need a StringBuilder.
Today I learned that Javascript does not need a StringBuilder for accumulating a large number of concatinations. As a Java programmer, that came as a shock to me. This article summarizes my exploration of this fact. Effective Java A StringBuilder is grilled into Java programmers. Effective Java [1] says, “Item…

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davearonson

davearonson

StringBuilder is a great example of premature optimization.

Hakanai

Hakanai

Depends. If it’s the extreme case shown in that article, I’d say it’s worthwhile to use it, because the concatenation example literally didn’t finish for many of the runs.

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