Frameworkless Front-End Development: Do You Control Your Dependencies or are They Controlling You?

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F. StrazzulloFrameworkless Front-End Developmenthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9351-5_3

3. Rendering

Francesco Strazzullo¹  

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TREVISO, Treviso, Italy

 

One of the most important features of any web application is the ability to display data. On a more “close to the metal” level, displaying data means rendering elements to the screen or another output device. The World Wide Web Consortium defines rendering elements programmatically with the Document Object Model, also known as the DOM. This chapter aims to teach you how to effectively manipulate DOM without frameworks.

The Document Object Model

The Document Object Model (DOM) is how the World Wide Web ...