Element objects vs HTML string
<p>My question is pretty simple, and it may be subjective.  For the most part when I am manipulating the DOM, I create HTML text and append it to an element.  Sometimes, if the data is small enough, I will create elements and append those to the parent element.</p>

<pre><code>$("#p").html("&lt;p&gt;My Paragraph&lt;/p&gt;");
</code></pre>

<p>OR</p>

<pre><code>$("&lt;p/&gt;").html("My Paragraph").appendTo("#p");
</code></pre>

<p>Which of these should be used and why?</p>
