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HTML
<button id="button" class = "button">Button</button>
<a id="change-class" href="#">Change button class</a>
JavaScript
$('body').on('click', '.newClass', function () {
alert('test');
});
$('#change-class').on('click', function () {
$('#button').addClass('newClass');
});