Some use the convention that jQuery objects should be prefixed with $, so: var $d = $('#elm'); $d.color('red'); $d.text('new text'); I do this, and like

Some use the convention that jQuery objects should be prefixed with $, so: var $d = $('#elm'); $d.color('red'); $d.text('new text'); I do this, and like it, despite my classic aversion to both Systems Hungarian and GW-BASIC.