JavaScript DOM APIs let you control HTML with JavaScript. You can: → Find elements → Change content → Change attributes → Modify styles → Create elements → Remove elements → Handle events Here are the DOM APIs every JavaScript developer should know 🧵
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1. Find elements
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2. Change content Once you have an element, you can change its content.
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3. Change classes and styles DOM APIs make it easy to update appearance.
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4. Change attributes You can read, add, change, or remove HTML attributes.

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5. Create & remove elements You can build entire parts of a page dynamically with these APIs.
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6. Handle events DOM APIs let JavaScript respond to user actions. This is how static HTML becomes interactive.
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One important thing to remember: DOM is not JavaScript. JavaScript is the language. The DOM is a Web API provided by the browser. JavaScript uses DOM APIs to interact with web pages. Learn these APIs well and manipulating the browser becomes much easier.
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Want to see these DOM APIs working together? I built a small Todo app using vanilla JavaScript. You can add tasks, mark them complete, and delete them while seeing the DOM change in real time. Try it → 🔗 codepen.io/editor/ishratumar…

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