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Tip
Looking for text is a rather lengthy operation. Use HTML and CSS selectors instead of
text selectors to make the query faster.
Execution: the time it takes to execute the script. If you are an experienced JavaScript coder
you may be able to optimize the code to speed up the execution of the script.
Tip
Functions that actually change the content of the template (for example,append()) are
comparatively time consuming. Avoid using such functions in a loop.
Note that the times vary slightly per run of the Script Profiler. Run the Script Profiler a number of
times and calculate an average from the results, before trying to speed up the execution of a
script.
Script Profiler settings
Number of runs
By default, the Script Profiler runs on 1000 instances of all the scripts. To test on a higher or
lower number of instances:
1. On the Window menu, click Preferences
2. Click Scripting
3. Set a number of iterations (maximum one billion) and click OK.
Sorting
In the Scripts Profiler, the scripts are by default sorted based on the values in the Elapsed
column, from high to low. Click any of the columns to sort the scripts according to the values in
that column.
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