Modern JavaScript from the Beginning - Second Edition - Introduction to the DOM

The video tutorial provides an in-depth look at the Document Object Model (DOM), explaining its structure and how it serves as a programming interface for web elements. It covers the basics of HTML elements, attributes, and text nodes, and introduces the window and document objects. The tutorial demonstrates how to access and manipulate DOM elements using JavaScript, including methods like innerHTML and innerText. Advanced selection techniques using querySelector and getElementById are also discussed, providing a comprehensive understanding of DOM manipulation.

What is the DOM primarily used for?

• Styling web pages

• Creating server-side scripts

• Managing databases

• Interacting with HTML elements

Which of the following is NOT part of the DOM structure?

• CSS styles

• Text nodes

• Attributes

• HTML tags

What is the top-level object in the browser that contains the document object?

• Head

• Body

• HTML

• Window

Which method would you use to get the HTML content of an element?

• innerHTML

• textContent

• outerHTML

• innerText

What does the innerText property return?

• The HTML structure

• The JavaScript functions

• The text content

• The CSS styles

What is the result of using document.links?

• An array of all links

• A single link element

• An HTMLCollection of links

• A NodeList of links

Which property would you use to change the text of an H1 element?

• innerHTML

• outerHTML

• innerText

• textContent

Which method is used to select an element by its ID?

• querySelector

• getElementById

• getElementsByTagName

• getElementsByClassName

What does the querySelector method allow you to do?

• Select elements by class name

• Select elements by tag name

• Select elements by their attributes

• Select elements using CSS selectors

What is the purpose of the document.write method?

• To overwrite the entire document

• To append content to the end of the document

• To write content to a specific element

• To write content to the console