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Dom Manipulation

The document provides a beginner's guide to DOM manipulation in JavaScript, explaining the DOM as a programming interface for web documents that allows interaction with web pages. It covers selecting elements, changing content and attributes, modifying styles, and adding or removing elements. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of mastering these concepts for creating dynamic and interactive web applications.

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Dom Manipulation

The document provides a beginner's guide to DOM manipulation in JavaScript, explaining the DOM as a programming interface for web documents that allows interaction with web pages. It covers selecting elements, changing content and attributes, modifying styles, and adding or removing elements. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of mastering these concepts for creating dynamic and interactive web applications.

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DOM Manipulation in JavaScript

A Beginner's Guide
What is the DOM?
• DOM stands for Document Object Model.
• It's a programming interface for web documents.
• Represents the page as nodes and objects.
• Allows programming languages like JavaScript to
interact with the web page.
Structure of the DOM
Why Manipulate the DOM?
• Update content based on user actions.
• Show/hide elements.
• Change styles and classes.
• Create interactive web applications.
Selecting Elements
• getElementById: Selects an element by its id.

• getElementsByClassName: Selects elements by their


class name.
• getElementsByTagName: Selects elements by
their tag name.

• querySelector: Selects the first element that


matches a CSS selector.
• querySelectorAll: Selects all elements that
match a CSS selector.
Changing Content
• textContent: Sets or gets the text content of
an element.

• innerHTML: Sets or gets the HTML content of


an element.
Changing Attributes
• setAttribute: Sets an attribute on an element.

• getAttribute: Gets an attribute from an element.


• removeAttribute: Removes an attribute
from an element.
Changing Styles
• Direct Style Changes: Change styles directly using the
style property.

• Class List: Add, remove, or toggle classes.


Adding and Removing Elements
• Creating a New Element:

• Removing an Element:
Conclusion
• DOM manipulation is a powerful way to create
dynamic and interactive web pages.

• Understanding how to select elements, change their


content and styles, and respond to user events is
essential.

• Practice these concepts to become comfortable with


manipulating the DOM in your JavaScript projects.

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