Which is better: string html generation or jquery DOM element creation?

Question

Ok, I\'m rewriting some vanilla JS functions in my current project, and I\'m at a point where there\'s a lot of HTML being generated for tooltips etc.

My question is

Answer 1

Favour DOM manipulation over innerHTML methods. For one thing, DOM manipulation will correctly handle characters that need to be escaped with innerHTML. For another, it is typically faster, sometimes much faster.