Some things aren't tricks, they're just different. This has lots of information on jQuery and performance choices: http://learn.jquery.com/performance/ http:/

Some things aren't tricks, they're just different. This has lots of information on jQuery and performance choices: http://learn.jquery.com/performance/ http://learn.jquery.com/performance/ Some ways of going about things are more verbose, but the difference in performance isn't negligible. There will always be a balance between verbosity and performance. Granted this page specifically pertains to jQuery, but most libraries expose ways for developers to start going down the long road of performance tuning.