What is the difference between .empty().append() and .html()?

Question

Using jQuery, what\'s the performance difference between using:

$(\'#somDiv\').empty().append(\'text To Insert\')

and

$(\'         


        

Answer 1

difference between append() and html() in jQuery

.append() and .html() are the most useful methods in jQuery. But these are far different from one another, .append() add some value to the existing one. Where .html() do the same but it removes the old value first.

Here is an example:

test

Now I will use .append() to add one