Learn The DOM

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Knowledge Check

Take this customized & interactive quiz to test your knowledge on The DOM, then check out the learning resources below.

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The Document Object Model (DOM) is a interface that treats an XML or HTML document as a tree structure wherein each node is an object representing a part of the document.

CROSS-PLATFORM BUT LANGUAGE-DEPENDENT
CROSS-PLATFORM AND LANGUAGE INDEPENDENT
JAVASCRIPT-BASED
HTML-BASED

Core Learning

The fastest way to learn The DOM is simply to study these exact resources. Focus on the 👀 to learn extra quickly and save time!

An Introduction to the DOM in JavaScript

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Understand how the browser, DOM, HTML, and JS interact with one another.
Understand generally how HTML translates to a document tree.

Document Object Model

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Understand the DOM's role in "Browser Wars" of the 1990s.

JavaScript DOM Tutorial

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Make sure you go through all the interactive examples!
You can even try opening up your browser dev tools and running similar commands on a webpage of your choice.

What is Virtual DOM?

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