getting first child element using jQuery (v2)

Revision 2 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="mydiv">
 <div class="child1">first child</div>
 <div class="child2">second child</div>
 <div class="child2">third child</div>
</div>
<script>
  function getChild1() {
     return $('#mydiv').children(':first');
  }
  function getChild2() {
     return $('#mydiv').first();
  }
  function getChild3() {
   return $($('#mydiv').children()[0]);
  }
</script>

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Testing in
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using pseudo-selector :first
var x = getChild1();
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using method first()
var x=getChild2();
ready
using re-encapsulation of element array
var x=getChild3();
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