jQuery addClass(...) vs attr('class', ...)

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Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<ol>
  <li>
    Item
  </li>
  <li>
    Item
  </li>
  <li>
    Item
  </li>
  <li>
    Item
  </li>
  <li>
    Item
  </li>
  <li>
    Item
  </li>
  <li>
    Item
  </li>
  <li>
    Item
  </li>
</ol>
<script>
  var $li = $('li');
</script>

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addClass
$li.addClass('test');
$li.removeClass('test');
ready
attr class
$li.attr('class', 'test');
$li.removeClass('test');
ready

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