Answer by sdepold for Parse RSS with jQuery

Update (Oct 15, 2019)

I extracted the core logic from jquery-rss to a new library called Vanilla RSS which is using the fetch API and can work without any additional dependencies:

const RSS = require('vanilla-rss');
const rss = new RSS(
    document.querySelector("#your-div"),
    "http://www.recruiter.com/feed/career.xml",
    { 
      // options go here
    }
);
rss.render().then(() => {
  console.log('Everything is loaded and rendered');
});

Original

post:

You can also use jquery-rss, which comes with nice templating and is super easy to use:

$("#your-div").rss("http://www.recruiter.com/feed/career.xml", {
    limit: 3,
    layoutTemplate: '<ul class="inline">{entries}</ul>',
    entryTemplate: '<li><a href="{url}">[{author}@{date}] {title}</a><br/>{shortBodyPlain}</li>'
})

yields (as of Sept 18, 2013):

<div id="your-div">
    <ul class="inline">
    <entries></entries>
    </ul>
    <ul class="inline">
        <li><a href="http://www.recruiter.com/i/when-to-go-over-a-recruiter%e2%80%99s-head/">[@Tue, 10 Sep 2013 22:23:51 -0700] When to Go Over a Recruiter's Head</a><br>Job seekers tend to have a certain "fear" of recruiters and hiring managers, and I mean fear in the reverence and respect ...</li>
        <li><a href="http://www.recruiter.com/i/the-perfect-job/">[@Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:52:40 -0700] The Perfect Job</a><br>Having long ago dealt with the "perfect resume" namely God's, in a previous article of mine, it makes sense to consider the ...</li>
        <li><a href="http://www.recruiter.com/i/unemployment-benefits-applications-remain-near-5-year-low-decline-again/">[@Mon, 09 Sep 2013 12:49:17 -0700] Unemployment Benefits Applications Remain Near 5-Year Low, Decline Again</a><br>As reported by the U.S. Department of Labor, the number of workers seeking unemployment benefits continued to sit near ...</li>
    </ul>
</div>

See http://jsfiddle.net/sdepold/ozq2dn9e/1/ for a working example.