Difference between onload() and $.ready?

Question

Can you list the difference between onload() and $(document).ready(function(){..}) functions in the using jQuery?

Answer 1

Onload take care about DOM and resources: it checks if images are loaded, script are ready to run and much more.

$.ready simply check if we have read the full DOM of the page.

Please check out this link for more explain and example: http://dailygit.com/difference-between-document-ready-and-window-load-in-jquery/