I still feel fairly new to jQuery and javascript -- after almost a
year! -- and have been experimenting with several different coding
styles for plug-ins. Lately I've been curious about the difference in
performance between using local variables vs. instance variables for
storing state. JSLitmus, while not itself jQuery-based, has just given
me the answers I've been looking for -- and I found them a bit
surprising:
<a href='http://www.fatdog.com/litmus_tests/
InstanceVsLocalTest.html'>Litmus Tests</a>
(Apologies for the color scheme! :-)
Howard
