jQuery trigger not firing with bind() or on() for custom events

Question

Can anyone tell me why this code would not be working?

$(\'body\').on(\'test\', function() {
  alert(\'test\');
});

$(\'body\').trigger(\'test\');

Answer 1

Try delegation:

$(document).on('test', 'body', function() {
  alert('test');
});

$('body').trigger('test');

This works like live() used to. http://api.jquery.com/live/

Answer 2

It appears the issue lies in the DOM being ready somehow. Placing the code within inline script would not work. Placing it inside of a $(document).ready() will work with an anonymous function, but for some reason not a function call with '( )'.. This code worked

$(document).ready(start);
function start(){
$('body').on('test', function() {
  alert('test');
});

$('body').trigger('test');
}

But this did not... *notice the function call parenthesis.

$(document).ready(start());
function start(){
$('body').on('test', function() {
  alert('test');
});

$('body').trigger('test');
}

An exact example works both ways on jsfiddle, but for some reason only one way works on my server. Which I guess bring up another question of why, but at least we can see this code does in fact work, there is some strange anomaly with my stuff :/