DOM Creation

Question 1

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

Answer 1

It does not

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Using the appendChild() method

Question 3

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

Answer 3

You pass in attributes as strings and then the value of the attribute

Question 4

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

Answer 4

1. Create the element node
2. Create the text node
3. Add the text node to the element node
   4 . Add the element to the DOM tree

Question 5

What is the textContent property of an element object for?

Answer 5

It is for updating the value of an element

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Using setAttribute() or using the className property

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Functions are reusable and are easier to read