jQuery .live() vs .delegate() vs .on() vs bind() (v5)

Revision 5 of this benchmark created by Andrew Smith on

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<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js">
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Testing in
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.live()
$('p').live('click', $.noop);
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.live() with context
$('p', '#context').live('click', $.noop);
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.delegate()
$('#context').delegate('p', 'click', $.noop);
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.delegate() on document
$(document).delegate('p', 'click', $.noop);
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.on()
$('#context').on('click', 'p', $.noop);
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.on() on document
$(document).on('click', 'p', $.noop);
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.bind()
$('p').bind('click', $.noop);
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.bind() with context
$('p', '#context').bind('click', $.noop);
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