Jquery: append vs insertBefore (v12)

Revision 12 of this benchmark created on

Description

jQuery .append() vs jQuery .insertBefore()

Preparation HTML

<div id=container>
  <div id=header>
    1. header
  </div>
  <div id=content>
    3. content
  </div>
  <div id=thumbnails>
    2. thumbnails
  </div>
</div>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js">
</script>

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.append()
$('#header').append($('#thumbnails'));
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insertBefore
$('#thumbnails').insertBefore('#header');
ready

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