DOM Enlightenment Book

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<h4 style="border-top:1px solid #ADADAD;padding-top:20px;margin-top:20px;"><strong>&larr; Code Example from <a href="http://www.domenlightenment.com/" target="_blank">DOM Enlightenment Book</a> by <a href="http://www.codylindley.com" target="_blank">Cody Lindley</a></strong></h4>

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JavaScript

//create DOM structure
var divElm = document.createElement('div');
var ulElm = document.createElement('ul');
var liElm = document.createElement('li');
liElm.setAttribute('class','liClass');
ulElm.appendChild(liElm);
divElm.appendChild(ulElm);
document.querySelector('li').textContent="hello";

//use selecting methods on DOM structure
console.log(divElm.querySelector('ul'));
console.log(divElm.querySelectorAll('li'));
console.log(divElm.getElementsByTagName('li'));
console.log(divElm.getElementsByClassName('liClass'));