What is the difference between .empty().append() and .html()?

Question

Using jQuery, what\'s the performance difference between using:

$(\'#somDiv\').empty().append(\'text To Insert\')

and

$(\'         


        

Answer 1

In simple words:

$('#somDiv').append('blabla')

works like this:

some text

becomes:

some textblabla

And innerHTML replaces the contents, so it becomes this:

blabla