jQuery and Performance: What is ‘this’?
In my opinion, the best jQuery performance tip is to minimize your use of jQuery. That is, find a balance between using jQuery and plain ol’ JavaScript, and a good place to start is with “this”. I see it all the time in the jQuery support room, and was guilty of it myself until recently, but many developers use $(this) as their hammer inside callbacks and forget about “this”. The difference is distinct.
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