DOM Creation

Question 1

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

Answer 1

no not to the page but it does create a new element

Question 2

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

Answer 2

.appendChild()

Question 3

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

Answer 3

we pass what attribute we want to set and the value we want from it

Question 4

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

Answer 4

first we create the element, then we add content, then set attribute and lastly we add it to the dom with the append child method

Question 5

What is the textContent property of an element object for?

Answer 5

used to give a node element some text content

Question 6

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

Answer 6

.className = , .setAttribute()

Question 7

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

Answer 7

You can create applications that update the data of the page without needing a refresh
You can drag, move, and delete elements.