JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div id="bar"></div>

JavaScript

var loop = 1000,
    $bar = $('#bar');

console.time('first')
while(loop--){
    $('<div class="foo">Hello World!</div>').appendTo($bar);
}
console.timeEnd('first');

loop = 1000;
$bar.html('');

console.time('second')
while(loop--){
    $('<div/>').attr("class", "foo").text("Hello World!").appendTo($bar);

}
console.timeEnd('second');