Chapter 3 Document Access
Without a document, JavaScript would have no way to make its presence felt. It’s HTML that creates the tangible interface through which JavaScript can reach its users.
This relationship makes it vital that JavaScript be able to access, create, and manipulate every part of the document. To this end, the W3C created the Document Object Model—a system through which scripts can influence the document. This system not only allows JavaScript to make changes to the structure of the document, but enables it to access a document’s styles and change the way it looks.
If you want to take control of your interfaces, you’ll first have to master the DOM.
The Document Object Model: Mapping your HTML
When an HTML document ...
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