[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #30916: Proposal for a faster JavaScript password strength meter

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#30916: Proposal for a faster JavaScript password strength meter
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 Reporter:  gabrieleromanato    |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement         |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal              |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  External Libraries  |    Version:  4.1
 Severity:  normal              |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  javascript          |
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 I've tested the current password meter and it's not very efficient in
 terms of performance when it comes to very long and complex passwords.

 The following first implementation of a JS password meter doesn't use
 regular expressions:

 [http://codepen.io/gabrieleromanato/pen/LEbJYB JavaScript password
 strength meter without regular expressions]

 Without regular expressions and using only tokenization you get a
 performance boost.
 Let me know.

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