walmartlabs/thorax — pull request #349 by ryan953 (2014-03-30 03:05:18+00:00)
Title: Use `instanceof` to detect jQuery objects

This should be more reliable than looking at properties of the object.

> the jQuery function (aka $) is implemented as a constructor function. Constructor functions are to be called with the new prefix.

> When you call $(foo), internally jQuery translates this to new jQuery(foo)1. JavaScript proceeds to initialize this inside the constructor function to point to a new instance of jQuery, setting it's properties to those found on jQuery.prototype (aka jQuery.fn). Thus, you get a new object where instanceof jQuery is true.

From: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1853223/check-if-object-is-a-jquery-object/1853246#1853246