What are the differences between JavaScript's window.onload
and jQuery's $(document).ready()
method?
The key difference between $(document). ready() and $(window). load() event is that the code included inside onload function will run once the entire page(images, iframes, stylesheets,etc) are loaded whereas the $(document). ready() event fires before all images,iframes etc.
The main differences between the two are: Body. Onload() event will be called only after the DOM and associated resources like images got loaded, but jQuery's document. ready() event will be called once the DOM is loaded i.e., it wont wait for the resources like images to get loaded.
There is no difference in functionality between your examples - they both bind to DOM ready. For reference, there are two points at which you can bind your jQuery code. The first will execute when the DOM is ready (both are equivalent): // full example $(document).
The ready() method is used to make a function available after the document is loaded. Whatever code you write inside the $(document ). ready() method will run once the page DOM is ready to execute JavaScript code.
The ready
event occurs after the HTML document has been loaded, while the onload
event occurs later, when all content (e.g. images) also has been loaded.
The onload
event is a standard event in the DOM, while the ready
event is specific to jQuery. The purpose of the ready
event is that it should occur as early as possible after the document has loaded, so that code that adds functionality to the elements in the page doesn't have to wait for all content to load.
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