$( '<div>' ) is the way to go. - Trevor
On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Mark Holmquist <[email protected]>wrote: > Hence, I think we should change our coding conventions to always use `$( >> '<div />' )`. >> > > +1 for valid XHTML. Considering that bytes are cheap and validity is good, > this seems like a good idea. > > I also tried to get an answer about the better between $( '<div > class="a-class" />' ) and $( '<div />' ).addClass( 'a-class' ), but > apparently there's little difference. At least when creating dynamic > interfaces, I'd like to have some guidance and consistency if anyone is > interested in chatting about it. > > My preference is the latter, because it avoids extensive HTML inside of > JavaScript. But I'd be interested to hear other thoughts. > > -- > Mark Holmquist > Contractor, Wikimedia Foundation > [email protected] > http://marktraceur.info > > ______________________________**_________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l> > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
