jQuery should have build function

gistfile1.js

//define this:

jQuery.fn.build = function(htmlElem, attributes){
  if(!attributes){ attributes = ""; }
  this.append("<"+htmlElem+" "+attributes+"></"+htmlElem+">");
  return this.children(":last");
}

//and then you can do things like this:

$("#mydiv").
  build("table").
    build("tbody").
      build("tr").
        build("td", "class='axis_label'").
          build("label").
            text("Hi");

//Which would of course alter the contents of mydiv to be this:

<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="axis_label">
<label>Hi</label>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

//which feels cleaner than the alternative string-appending or template approaches