DOM Enlightenment Book

HTML

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

<div class="hello"><div id="A">Hi</div></div>
<div id="B">Dude</div>


























































<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

//remove element node
var divA = document.getElementById('A');
divA.parentNode.removeChild(divA);



//remove text node
var divB = document.getElementById('B').firstChild;
divB.removeChild(divB);

//log the new DOM updates, which should only show the remaining empty div#B
console.log(document.body.innerHTML);