DOM Enlightenment Book

HTML

<script src="https://getfirebug.com/firebug-lite-debug.js"></script>
<p>Hi</p>



























































<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>

<p>JavaScript code is executed on page load. Click the "Run" button in the top bar to re-run the JavaScript code. All <code>console.log()'s</code> are logged to the <a href="http://getfirebug.com/firebuglite" target="_blank">Firebug Lite</a> console below &darr;.</p>

JavaScript

//create a blink element node and text node
var elementNode = document.createElement('strong');
var textNode = document.createTextNode(' Dude');

//append these nodes to the DOM
document.querySelector('p').appendChild(elementNode);
console.log(document.body.innerHTML);
document.querySelector('strong').appendChild(textNode);

//log's <p>Hi<strong> Dude</strong></p>
console.log(document.body.innerHTML);