// starting by '<' returns a collection of DOM nodes from this code
  // result: [<HTMLElement>]
  $('<div class="foo">bar</div>');

  // also accepts several objects at root level
  // result: [<HTMLElement>, <HTMLElement>]
  $('<div class="foo">bar</div><div class="bar">foo</div>');

  // jqlite selectors returns collection by accepting pure css selectors
  // jQuery uses sizzlejs to parse selectors
  $('#some-id');
  $('.some-class');
  $('#wrapper .item');