jQuery click vs bind vs on (v8)

Revision 8 of this benchmark created on

Description

Tests performance of jQuery event listeners.

Preparation HTML

<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7.2.js"></script>
<div id="main"></div>

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Testing in
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click
$("#main").click(function(){});
ready
bind
$("#main").bind("click", function(){});
ready
on
$("#main").on("click", function(){});
ready
onclick
document.getElementById("main").onclick = function() {};
ready
live
$("#main").live("click", function(){});
ready

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