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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>reversed syntax appendTo</title>
  <style>
    body { font-family: sans-serif; padding: 16px; max-width: 480px; }
    ul { padding-left: 24px; min-height: 40px; }
    li { padding: 4px 0; }
    button { margin-top: 12px; padding: 10px 16px; background: #059669; color: #fff; border: none; border-radius: 6px; cursor: pointer; }
    #hint { color: #64748b; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 10px; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <ul id="todo-list">
    <li>Existing task</li>
  </ul>
  <button type="button">Add new item</button>
  <p id="hint">Content-first: $("&lt;li&gt;").text("New item").appendTo("#todo-list")</p>
  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.min.js"></script>
  <script>
    $("button").on("click", function() {
      $("<li>").text("New item").appendTo("#todo-list");
      $("#hint").text("New li appended to #todo-list via appendTo.");
    });
  </script>
</body>
</html>

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