What is the difference between $.proxy() and bind()?

Question

In 2009, ECMAScript 5 added a built-in bind() function which takes an object as a parameter and returns an identical function in which this will always

Answer 1

proxy came first and you should likely favor bind as it is a standard. The way they are called varies slightly (due to being attached to Function.prototype vs just being a function) but their behavior is the same.

There is a pretty good post here: jQuery.proxy() usage, that ends with that advice.