DOM - Methods and Properties

HTML DOM Objects - Methods and Properties

Some commonly used HTML DOM methods:

• getElementById(id) - get the node (element) with a specified id
• appendChild(node) - insert a new child node (element)
• removeChild(node) - remove a child node (element)

Some commonly used HTML DOM properties:

• innerHTML - the text value of a node (element)
• parentNode - the parent node of a node (element)
• childNodes - the child nodes of a node (element)
• attributes - the attributes nodes of a node (element)

You will learn more about properties in the next chapter of this tutorial.

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A Real Life Object Illustration:

A person is an object.

A person's methods could be eat(), sleep(), work(), play(), etc.

All persons have these methods, but they are performed at different times.

A person's properties include name, height, weight, age, eye color, etc.

All persons have these properties, but their values differ from person to person.

 

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* source : http://www.w3schools.com/