Javascript Jquery Chaining

Let's say we have : $('p')[0].innerHTML; and $('p').html(); In the above examples, we have the same result. So I was wondering how can JQuery return both the nodelist and itself

Solution 1:

So I was wondering how can JQuery return both the nodelist and itself to allow chaining ?

It doesn't.

It only returns itself (which it an object).

That object has a property called 0 which contains the first element in the array of elements. It also has a property called html which contains a function.

Solution 2:

that is called fluent syntax. each function returns the object it is given. something like

function f(obj){
    doSomething(obj);
    return obj; 
}