Does event delegation improve page load time?
Yes. One addEventListener call is faster than 100. For 1000 items, the initialization time difference is noticeable. Delegation also avoids the need to re-add listeners when the DOM changes.
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Less memory (1 listener and 1 closure vs 100), faster initialization (1 addEventListener vs 100), and no extra work for dynamically added elements. The per-click overhead (e.target check) is negligible.
For 100 items: individual listeners use 100 closures (one per listener). Delegation uses 1 closure. For 1000 items: 1000 vs 1. The memory savings scale with the number of items.
Slightly. Delegation checks e.target on every click (a matches() or closest() call). But this is negligible compared to the memory and initialization savings. For 20+ items, delegation is almost always better.
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