jQuery .live() vs .delegate() vs .on() (v29)

Revision 29 of this benchmark created by Jonas Grimfelt on

Preparation HTML

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.0/jquery.min.js"></script>

<div id="context">
<p>Some paragraph</p>
<p id="element">Some ID'd paragraph</p>
</div>

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Testing in
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.live()
$('p').live('click', $.noop);
ready
.live() with context
$('p', $('#context')).live('click', $.noop);
ready
.delegate()
$('#context').delegate('p', 'click', $.noop);
ready
.delegate() on document
$(document).delegate('p', 'click', $.noop);
ready
.on()
$('#context').on('click', 'p', $.noop);
ready
.on() on document
$(document).on('click', 'p', $.noop);
ready
.delegate() on context using ID
$('#context').delegate('#element', 'click', $.noop);
ready
.delegate() on document using ID
$(document).delegate('#element', 'click', $.noop);
ready
.on() on context using ID
$('#context').on('click', '#element', $.noop);
ready
.on() on document using ID
$(document).on('click', '#element', $.noop);
ready

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