JavaScript DOM Basics: A Beginner’s Guide
1. Introduction JavaScript DOM (Document Object Model) is a programming interface that allows developers to interact with HTML elements. It helps in making web pages dynamic by allowing changes in content, structure, and style using JavaScript. In this blog, we will learn the basics of DOM in a simple way. 2. What is DOM? The DOM represents a web page as a tree structure where each element is treated as an object. Using JavaScript, we can access and modify these elements easily. HTML page → tree structure → JavaScript control pannum 3. DOM Structure (Tree Concept) The Document Object Model (DOM) represents an HTML page as a tree structure. Each part of the HTML document is treated as a node (object) in this tree. Main Parts of the DOM Tree Document → The entire web page HTML → Root element Head → Contains metadata (title, links, etc.) Body → Contains visible content Elements → Tags like , , etc. Example HTML <html> <body> <h1> Hello </h1> <p> Welcome </p> </body> </html> 💡 Explanation
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