Vanilla is a spice derived from orchids of the genus Vanilla, primarily obtained from pods of the Mexican species, flat-leaved vanilla (V. Planifolia).The word vanilla, derived from vainilla, the diminutive of the Spanish word vaina (vaina itself meaning a sheath or a pod), is translated simply as 'little pod'. For lexicographers, vanilla has more flavor than chocolate, because it adds a tasty synonym for plain to the English menu. The noun vanilla was first served up in 1662, but it took almost 200 years for its adjective use to become established for things, like ice and sugar, flavored with vanilla.

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• hard sauce - Contains butter and sugar, with brandy, rum, or vanilla.
• oak - In the flavor of wines, it comes from oak cases and is similar to coconut or vanilla.
• vanilla - Can mean 'having no special features.'
• white chocolate - A blend of cocoa butter, milk solids and sugar and vanilla, it used in candy bars and baking and coatings; it is not technically chocolate because it contains no chocolate liqueur.

Noun	1.	vanilla - any of numerous climbing plants of the genus Vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly fragrant white or green or topaz flowers orchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors genus Vanilla - large genus of tropical climbing orchids; Old and New Worlds vanilla orchid, Vanilla planifolia - a climbing orchid bearing a podlike fruit yielding vanilla beans; widely cultivated from Florida southward throughout tropical America
2.	vanilla - a flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans) flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoning, seasoner - something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts vanilla bean - long bean-like fruit; seeds are used as flavoring
3.	vanilla - a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans sapidity, savor, savour, smack, flavor, flavour, nip, relish, tang - the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
Adj.	1.	vanilla - flavored with vanilla extract; 'he liked vanilla ice cream'
2.	vanilla - plain and without any extras or adornments; 'the most common type of bond is the straight or plain vanilla bond'; 'the basic car is known as the vanilla version' plain - not elaborate or elaborated; simple; 'plain food'; 'stuck to the plain facts'; 'a plain blue suit'; 'a plain rectangular brick building'

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Retrieve DOM element by ID

Code	ops / sec
Vanilla JS	document.getElementById('test-table');	12,137,211
Dojo	dojo.byId('test-table');	5,443,343
Prototype JS	$('test-table')	2,940,734
Ext JS	delete Ext.elCache['test-table']; Ext.get('test-table');	997,562
jQuery	$jq('#test-table');	350,557
YUI	YAHOO.util.Dom.get('test-table');	326,534
MooTools	document.id('test-table');	78,802

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Retrieve DOM elements by tag name

Code	ops / sec
Vanilla JS	document.getElementsByTagName('span');	8,280,893
Prototype JS	Prototype.Selector.select('span', document);	62,872
YUI	YAHOO.util.Dom.getElementsBy(function(){return true;},'span');	48,545
Ext JS	Ext.query('span');	46,915
jQuery	$jq('span');	19,449
Dojo	dojo.query('span');	10,335
MooTools	Slick.search(document, 'span', new Elements);	5,457

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Fade an element out and then remove it

Vanilla JS	var s = document.getElementById('thing').style;s.opacity = 1;(function fade(){(s.opacity-=.1)<0?s.display='none':setTimeout(fade,40)})();
jQuery	<script src='//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js'></script><script>$('#thing').fadeOut();</script>

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Vanilla JS	var r = new XMLHttpRequest();r.open('POST', 'path/to/api', true);r.onreadystatechange = function () { if (r.readyState != 4 || r.status != 200) return; alert('Success: ' + r.responseText);};r.send('banana=yellow');
jQuery	<script src='//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js'></script><script>$.ajax({ type: 'POST', url: 'path/to/api', data: 'banana=yellow', success: function (data) { alert('Success: ' + data); },});</script>

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