JavaScript™ for Programmers: Deitel

10. Document Object Model (DOM): Objects and Collections

OBJECTIVES

In this chapter you’ll learn:

• To use JavaScript and the W3C Document Object Model to create dynamic web pages.

• The concepts of DOM nodes and DOM trees.

• To traverse, edit and modify elements in an XHTML document.

• To change CSS styles dynamically.

• To create JavaScript animations.

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