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Introduction to Web APIs: DOM Selectors

Difficulty: Beginner
Duration: 6 minutes and 54 seconds
Students: 148
Rating: 5/5

This practical lesson offers an introduction to Web APIs: DOM Selectors.

Learning Objectives

In this lesson, you will learn how to:

  • Select specific elements from the DOM
  • Use the getElementByID selector
  • Use the querySelector selector
  • Use the querySelectorAll selector
  • Retrieve text content from an element
  • Retrieve an element's attribute value

Intended Audience

This lesson is intended for anyone who wants to learn about Web APIs and DOM selectors.

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this lesson, you should have an interest in Web APIs and DOM selectors in general. The following lesson is a primer on Web APIs and the DOM: Introduction to Web APIs and the DOM.