Iterating over element attributes with jQuery

The best way is to use the node object directly by using its attributes property. The only difference in my solution below compared to others suggesting this method is that i would use .each again instead of a traditional js loop:

$(xml).find('item').each(function() {
  $.each(this.attributes, function(i, attrib){
     var name = attrib.name;
     var value = attrib.value;
     // do your magic :-)
  });
});