Question

I build a web tool for a photo lab to start print orders to be processed by the printers.

On older Mac’s I am experiencing bad performance with my scripts.
I was wondering whether there are some low performing parts in my scripts.

Do you guys see such low performing parts?

thx, Max

$(function() {

/* when start button is clicked */
$('.start_btn').click(function() {

    /* remove all previous input fields */
    $("#dialog_fieldset").children().remove();

    /* save id */
    id = $(this).attr('name');

    /* get data from db */
    $.post("inc/get_start_order_infos.inc.php", { id: id },

        /* Callback */
        function(data){

            /* make data globally available */
            daten = data;

            /* build the var 'infos_html' */
            var infos_html = '<label for="kunden_nr">Kunden-Nr.</label><input type="text" name="kunden_nr" id="kunden_nr" ';
            infos_html += 'value="' + data.kunden_nr + '" class="text ui-widget-content ui-corner-all" />';
            infos_html += '<label for="sort">Sort</label><input type="text" name="sort" id="sort" value="';
            infos_html += data.sort_nr + '" class="text ui-widget-content ui-corner-all" />';

            /* append infos_html to the fieldset */
            $('#dialog_fieldset').append(infos_html);

            /* Code Index */
            anzahlCodes = 1;

            /* For each element within the sub array codes */
            for(e in data.codes){

                /* build the var 'code_html' */
                var code_html = '<label for="code' + anzahlCodes + '">Code ' + anzahlCodes;
                code_html += '</label><input type="text" name="code' + anzahlCodes + '" id="code' + anzahlCodes;
                code_html += '" value="' + data.codes[e] + '" class="text ui-widget-content ui-corner-all" />';

                /* append code_html to the fieldset */
                $('#dialog_fieldset').append(code_html);
                anzahlCodes++;
            }

            $('#dialog').dialog('open');
            $('#kunden_nr').select();

    }, "json");

    return false;
});

$("#dialog").dialog({
    bgiframe: false,
    autoOpen: false,
    height: 350,
    modal: true,
    buttons: {
        'Auftrag starten': function() {

            /* close dialog */
            $(this).dialog('close');

            /* create the info array to be submitted */
            var arr_infos = new Array();
            arr_infos[0] = id;
            arr_infos[1] = $('#kunden_nr').attr('value');
            arr_infos[2] = $('#sort').attr('value');

            /* write inputs into the str_codes */
            var str_codes = "";
            for (var i=1; i < anzahlCodes; i++){
                var cde = '#code' + i;
                if(i == 1){
                    str_codes += $(cde).attr('value');
                }
                else{
                    str_codes += "<--->" + $(cde).attr('value');
                }
            }


            /* execute start */
            $.post("inc/start_orders.inc.php", { 'corrected_infos[]':arr_infos, 'corrected_codes': str_codes },

                /* Callback */
                function(data){
                    $('#notice').remove();

                    /* if start was successful */
                    if (data.mstype == 'success'){

                        /* the pressed button */
                        btn = ".start_btn[name=" + id + "]";
                        /* the tr where the button is inside */
                        tr = $(btn).parent().parent();
                        /* remove red */
                        $(tr).removeClass('rot');

                        /* set text of Kunden-Nr. td */
                        $(tr).children().eq(3).text(arr_infos[1]);

                        /* set text of Sort td */
                        $(tr).children().eq(4).text(arr_infos[2]);

                        /* set text of Code td */
                        $(tr).children().eq(5).text(str_codes);

                        /* set text of start td */
                        $(tr).children().eq(8).text('ja');

                        /* prepend notice */
                        $("#outline").prepend("<div id='notice'>" + data.ms + "</div>");
                    }

                    /* if not successful */
                    else {
                        $("#outline").prepend("<div id='notice' class='notice_err'>" + data.ms + "</div>");
                    }
                }, "json");
        },
        'Abbrechen': function() {
            $(this).dialog('close');
        }
    }
});

Answer 1

My suggestions are in the code as comments indicated by //++. Generally, JavaScript is faster when you search or alter the DOM as little as possible.

The main points of concern are in your loops and your repeat usage of $(tr).

I haven’t tested this code.

$(function() {
    //++ jQuery doesn't cache this call, so it has to search the DOM each time.  
    //++ I've moved any node that is requested more than once here
    var dialog_fieldset_node = $("#dialog_fieldset"),
        dialog_node          = $("#dialog"),
        kunden_nr_node       = $("#kunden_nr"),
        outline_node         = $("#outline");
    //++ variables that you're using as globals I've moved here so that they can be shared 
    //++ between the event handlers, but aren't poluting the global scope.  They are accessible
    //++ to each event handler via the closure property of this annonymous function.
    var id = null;
    //++ Since you're creating the code <INPUT> nodes, store a refernce to them at that time
    //++ instead of having to find them in the DOM again later.  Now, anzahlCodes doesn't need
    //++ to be available to both handlers.
    var code_input_nodes = [];

    /* when start button is clicked */
    $('.start_btn').click(function() {
        /* remove all previous input fields */
        dialog_fieldset_node.children().remove();

        /* save id */
        id = $(this).attr('name');

        /* get data from db */
        $.post("inc/get_start_order_infos.inc.php", { id: id },
            /* Callback */
            function(data){
                /* make data globally available */
                daten = data;

                /* append infos_html to the fieldset */
                //++ No need to build a string in a variable that you're only going to use once.  You might want 
                //++ to build this out using DOM methods as I did below.  Since its only done once, there might 
                //++ not be a difference performancy wise
                dialog_fieldset_node.append(
                    '<label for="kunden_nr">Kunden-Nr.</label><input type="text" name="kunden_nr" id="kunden_nr" ' +
                    'value="' + data.kunden_nr + '" class="text ui-widget-content ui-corner-all" />' +
                    '<label for="sort">Sort</label><input type="text" name="sort" id="sort" value="' +
                    data.sort_nr + '" class="text ui-widget-content ui-corner-all" />'
                );


                //++ 1) `var e` to keep `e` from begin global.  If you want this side effect, you should be explicit about it.
                //++ 2) Create nodes via DOM methods to avoid running the HTML parser. node variables are defined outside of the
                //++ loop to avoid overhead of instantiation and scope-chain modification (minimal, but effective for large sets
                //++ of iterations.
                //++ 3) Append created nodes to a document fragment and then append the fragment to the `dialog_fieldset_node` to 
                //++ avoid multiple, unnecessary DOM tree reflows (which are slow).
                var fragment     = document.createDocumentFragment(),
                    label_node   = null, 
                    input_node   = null;
                    anzahlCodes  = 0;
                //++ Seems this needs to be reset everytime
                code_input_nodes = [];

                /* For each element within the sub array codes */
                for( var e in data.codes){
                    label_node = document.createElement("LABEL");
                    label_node.setAttribute("for", anzahlCodes);
                    label_node.innerHTML = "Code " + anzahlCodes;

                    input_node = document.createElement("INPUT");
                    input_node.setAttribute("type",  "text");
                    input_node.setAttribute("name",  "code" + anzahlCodes);
                    input_node.setAttribute("id",    "code" + anzahlCodes);
                    input_node.setAttribute("class", "text ui-widget-content ui-corner-all");
                    input_node.setAttribute("value", data.codes[e]);

                    //++ store a reference for later use
                    code_input_nodes.push(input_node);

                    /* append code_html to the fieldset */
                    fragment.appendChild(label_node);
                    fragment.appendChild(input_node);
                    anzahlCodes++;
                }
                dialog_fieldset_node.append(fragment);

                dialog_node.dialog('open');
                kunden_nr_node = $("#kunden_nr");
                kunden_nr_node.select();

            }, 
            "json"
        );

        return false;
    });

    dialog_node.dialog({
        bgiframe: false,
        autoOpen: false,
        height:   350,
        modal:    true,
        buttons:  {
            'Auftrag starten': function() {
                /* close dialog */
                $(this).dialog('close');

                /* create the info array to be submitted */
                var arr_infos = [id, kunden_nr_node.attr('value'), $('#sort').attr('value')];

                /* write inputs into the str_codes */
                var str_codes = "";
                for ( var i in code_input_nodes ) {
                    str_codes += (i ? "" : "<--->") + code_input_nodes[i].attr('value');
                }


                /* execute start */
                $.post("inc/start_orders.inc.php", { 'corrected_infos[]':arr_infos, 'corrected_codes': str_codes },
                    /* Callback */
                    function(data){
                        $('#notice').remove();

                        /* if start was successful */
                        if (data.mstype == 'success'){
                            /* the tr where the button is inside */
                            //++ 1) Was this intentionally global?  Global variables are the slowest to access because they
                            //++ are at the end of the scope-chain (which *sometimes* makes a difference, depending on depth).
                            //++ 2) Instead of wrapping `tr` in `$()` every time you use it, just do it once.
                            var tr = $(
                                    $(".start_btn[name=" + id + "]").parent().parent()
                                );
                            //++ Avoid calling `.children()` multiple times, just do it once.
                            var tr_children = tr.children();

                            /* remove red */
                            tr.removeClass('rot');

                            /* set text of Kunden-Nr. td */
                            tr_children.eq(3).text(arr_infos[1]);

                            /* set text of Sort td */
                            tr_children.eq(4).text(arr_infos[2]);

                            /* set text of Code td */
                            tr_children.eq(5).text(str_codes);

                            /* set text of start td */
                            tr_children.eq(8).text('ja');

                            /* prepend notice */
                            outline_node.prepend("<div id='notice'>" + data.ms + "</div>");
                        }

                        /* if not successful */
                        else {
                            outline_node.prepend("<div id='notice' class='notice_err'>" + data.ms + "</div>");
                        }
                    },
                    "json"
                );
            },

            'Abbrechen': function() {
                $(this).dialog('close');
            }
        }
    });
});

Hope that helped.