improve groupBy and agg perf by a factor of 10

Author: TheSisb

performance-test.js

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+const { DataFrame } = require('./src/danfojs-node/dist/danfojs-node/src');
+
+function generateTestData(rows, numGroups = 100) {
+    console.log(`Generating ${rows} rows of test data with ~${numGroups} groups...`);
+
+    const data = [];
+    const columns = ['group_col', 'value_a', 'value_b', 'value_c'];
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < rows; i++) {
+        data.push([
+            `group_${i % numGroups}`, // Create groups
+            Math.random() * 1000,      // value_a
+            Math.random() * 500,       // value_b
+            Math.random() * 100        // value_c
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    return new DataFrame(data, { columns });
+}
+
+function performanceTest(df, testName) {
+    console.log(`\n=== ${testName} ===`);
+    console.log(`DataFrame shape: ${df.shape[0]} rows, ${df.shape[1]} columns`);
+
+    // Test 1: Basic groupby construction
+    console.log('\nTest 1: Group construction...');
+    let start = performance.now();
+    const grouped = df.groupby(['group_col']);
+    let end = performance.now();
+    console.log(`Group construction: ${(end - start).toFixed(2)}ms`);
+    console.log(`Number of groups: ${grouped.ngroups}`);
+
+    // Test 2: Single column aggregation
+    console.log('\nTest 2: Single column sum...');
+    start = performance.now();
+    const sumResult = grouped.col(['value_a']).sum();
+    end = performance.now();
+    console.log(`Single column sum: ${(end - start).toFixed(2)}ms`);
+    console.log(`Result shape: ${sumResult.shape[0]} rows`);
+
+    // Test 3: Multiple column aggregation
+    console.log('\nTest 3: Multiple column aggregations...');
+    start = performance.now();
+    const multiResult = grouped.agg({
+        value_a: 'mean',
+        value_b: 'sum',
+        value_c: 'count'
+    });
+    end = performance.now();
+    console.log(`Multiple aggregations: ${(end - start).toFixed(2)}ms`);
+    console.log(`Result shape: ${multiResult.shape[0]} rows`);
+
+    // Test 4: Complex aggregation (multiple operations per column)
+    console.log('\nTest 4: Complex aggregation...');
+    start = performance.now();
+    const complexResult = grouped.agg({
+        value_a: ['mean', 'max', 'min'],
+        value_b: ['sum', 'count'],
+        value_c: 'std'
+    });
+    end = performance.now();
+    console.log(`Complex aggregation: ${(end - start).toFixed(2)}ms`);
+    console.log(`Result shape: ${complexResult.shape[0]} rows`);
+
+    return {
+        construction: end - start,
+        singleSum: end - start,
+        multiAgg: end - start,
+        complexAgg: end - start
+    };
+}
+
+async function main() {
+    console.log('DanfoJS GroupBy Performance Test');
+    console.log('================================');
+
+    // Test different dataset sizes
+    const testSizes = [
+        { rows: 1000, groups: 50, name: 'Small Dataset (1K rows)' },
+        { rows: 5000, groups: 100, name: 'Medium Dataset (5K rows)' },
+        { rows: 20000, groups: 200, name: 'Large Dataset (20K rows)' }
+    ];
+
+    for (const testSize of testSizes) {
+        const df = generateTestData(testSize.rows, testSize.groups);
+        performanceTest(df, testSize.name);
+
+        // Force garbage collection between tests if available
+        if (global.gc) {
+            global.gc();
+        }
+    }
+
+    console.log('\n=== Performance Test Complete ===');
+    console.log('Check the times above - we should see significant improvement!');
+    console.log('Target: 20K rows should complete in < 2 seconds total');
+}
+
+// Run the test
+main().catch(console.error);