In which case it is better to use the .append(), and which .appendTo()?

Question

There is no big difference between those functions except the syntax:

$(\'.target\').append(\'text\');
$(\'text\').appendTo(\'.target\');

A

Answer 1

You said it yourself --- there's not much difference. My choice of what to use, however, normally depends on method chaining, provided you already have your elements referenced.

i.e.

var _target, _content;

_target.append(_content).addClass('foo');
// will add the foo class to _target

_content.appendTo(_target).addClass('foo');
// will add the foo class to _content