dom-creation

Question 1

Does the document.createElement() method insert a new element into the page?

Answer 1

-no

Question 2

How do you add an element as a child to another element?

Answer 2

1. name the parent element
2. appendChild method
3. pass in the child element as the argument

Question 3

What do you pass as the arguments to the element.setAttribute() method?

Answer 3

1. element attribute

2. the value of that attribute

Question 4

What steps do you need to take in order to insert a new element into the page?

Answer 4

1. name the parent element (assuming the parent element is already on the page)
2. appendChild method
3. pass in the child element as the argument

Question 5

What is the textContent property of an element object for?

Answer 5

The textContent property of the Node interface represents the text content of the node and its descendants.

Question 6

Name two ways to set the class attribute of a DOM element.

Answer 6

1. setAttribute method

2. className property of the Element interface

Question 7

What are two advantages of defining a function to do create something (like the work of creating a DOM tree)?

Answer 7

1. dynamic

2. faster