Best way to set up AJAX/JQuery process?

The way I prefer to do it is with a table containing an empty "tbody". Then all the rows are build by JS. I have no duplication of code for the rows and the page loads a little faster because it display static html, then after the ajax call has finished the table is filled. In the end it's not faster but I prefer to look at a spinning icon for half a second than look at a blank page for the same amount of time !