jQuery.live vs jQuery.delegate

Benchmark created by Pomeh on

Description

comparison of jQuery methods live and delegate over 1000 items.

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<ul id="myList">
</ul>

<script>
  var listArray = [],
      tpl = '<li><input type="checkbox" name="check_%i" value="%i" /></li>',
      tplFn = function(value) {
    return tpl.replace(/%i/g, value);
      },
      i;
  
  // loop and create 1000 entries
  for (i = 0; i <= 1000; i++) {
   listArray.push(tFpln(i));
  }
  
  
  $('#myList').append(listArray.join(''));
</script>

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Testing in
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live
$('input:checkbox').live('click', $.noop);
ready
live with context
$('input:checkbox', $('#myList')).live('click', $.noop);
ready
delegate
$('#myList').delegate('input:checkbox', 'click', $.noop);
ready

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