Difference between .on('click') vs .click()

Question

Is there any difference between the following code?

$(\'#whatever\').on(\'click\', function() {
     /* your code here */
});

and

Answer 1

Here you will get list of diffrent ways of applying the click event. You can select accordingly as suaitable or if your click is not working just try an alternative out of these.

$('.clickHere').click(function(){ 
     // this is flat click. this event will be attatched 
     //to element if element is available in 
     //dom at the time when JS loaded. 

  // do your stuff
});

$('.clickHere').on('click', function(){ 
    // same as first one

    // do your stuff
})

$(document).on('click', '.clickHere', function(){
          // this is diffrent type 
          //  of click. The click will be registered on document when JS 
          //  loaded and will delegate to the '.clickHere ' element. This is 
          //  called event delegation 
   // do your stuff
});

$('body').on('click', '.clickHere', function(){
   // This is same as 3rd 
   // point. Here we used body instead of document/

   // do your stuff
});

$('.clickHere').off().on('click', function(){ // 
    // deregister event listener if any and register the event again. This 
    // prevents the duplicate event resistration on same element. 
    // do your stuff
})