Bind vs. Click

Benchmark created by Trevor Davis on

Description

Determining whether it is faster to do click() or bind('click')

Preparation HTML

<ul id="nav">
<li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#">About</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Blog</a></li>
</ul>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>

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Testing in
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Bind
$(document).ready(function() {
 $('#nav').find('a').bind('click', function(e) {
  alert($(this).text());
  e.preventDefault();
 });
});
ready
Click
$(document).ready(function() {
 $('#nav').find('a').click(function(e) {
  alert($(this).text());
  e.preventDefault();
 });
});
ready

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