DOM Enlightenment Book

HTML

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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>

<p style="background-color:#fff">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

var elementNode = document.createElement('p');
var textNode = document.createTextNode('Hi');
elementNode.appendChild(textNode);
document.querySelector('div').appendChild(elementNode);

console.log(document.querySelector('div').outerHTML); //logs <div>Hi</div>