Are jquery GET calls faster than angular $http.get

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I have an angular app with which has a few $http.get calls some with a success/error funcs others just as below. After trying to increase the speed of the app, I noticed that changing the $http.get calls to jquery calls the app sped up. So are jquery calls faster than angular $http calls, if so I'll change all my get request to jquery.

$http.get('/event/'+ _id);

$.ajax({url: '/event/'+ _id  });

Has anyone else noticed this?

You should extend your question a bit. What is faster, the code or the request response time? How much faster, ~5ms, ~10ms ~100ms? How do the request headers look like for both requests? Is the difference consistant or only on subsequent requests? — Marcel Gwerder
– Marcel Gwerder, Commented Jan 3, 2015 at 0:02
The response time was faster, I'll have to double check the headers sent. — Richard Mc
– Richard Mc, Commented Jan 5, 2015 at 4:31
simply do a for loop, assume 1 million $http and $.ajaxx. the u will get the result. both suppose using xmlhttpreques for backend request if i not wrong. — Stupidfrog
– Stupidfrog, Commented Jan 5, 2015 at 6:48

beautifulcoder · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-03 02:13:08Z

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I wouldn't expect much of a gain, if any. HTTP requests are expensive, your biggest bottle neck will always be the network. So, it doesn't matter how fast the code is when the network takes over a second. With that being said, check HTTP headers to check which one is more verbose. If you get rid of $http.get you also lose the seamless ability to unit test since you now have to mock $.ajax.

answered Jan 3, 2015 at 2:13

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