Tim Kadlec • 1/17/2008

Branching Out

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This technical article demonstrates how to implement branching in JavaScript to optimize code performance. It uses the example of checking for browser support of `document.getElementById()` to show how a function can run a check once at runtime and then return an optimized version of itself, eliminating redundant verification in subsequent calls.

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