DOM Enlightenment Book

by domenlightenment

HTML

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



























































<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

//logs null
console.log(document.doctype.nodeValue);
console.log(document.nodeValue);
console.log(document.createDocumentFragment().nodeValue);
console.log(document.querySelector('a').nodeValue);

console.log(document.querySelector('a').firstChild.nodeValue); //logs 'Hi'