What is the current best practice following the addEvent() saga?

Question

There seem to be endless pages of writing and comment threads about addEvent implementations in Javascript, going back many years.

What should I be using today, in currentTime.getFullYear(), for the most versatile, simple cross-browser addEvent implementation? What is the best practice? Is there a standard anywhere on the horizon?

Is google's base2 library a panacea for this problem?

Background:
Crossbrowser DOM Scripting: Event Handlers
addEvent() considered harmful
addEvent() recoding contest
Flexible Javascript Events
A problem with John Resig's addEvent
addEvent() – My Solution

You want to create custom event? or using events like `onClick` and such..? — udidu, Aug 20 '12 at 22:35
Not much changed over the years except that more browsers support standard `addEventListener` now. — kangax, Aug 21 '12 at 09:50

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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IE9+ all support window.addEventListener see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM/element.addEventListener

To support everyone else you have to do some fanciness to support both it and window.attachEvent.

See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/6925427/496735

edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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answered Aug 20 '12 at 22:41

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Restating the question, then, is there a current, best "fanciness" somewhere? – jordanpg Aug 20 '12 at 23:04

What is the current best practice following the addEvent() saga?

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