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

appendChild() method

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Name of attribute, value to assign to the attribute

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Create the element with createElement() method, get its content with setAttribute() or textContent() methods as necessary, add it to the dom with appendChild() method

Question 5

What is the textContent property of an element object for?

Answer 5

Can get or set the text of an element

Question 6

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

Answer 6

setAttribute() method or className property

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Reusability so that you don’t have to write the function multiple times. It is also easier to test.