Document Object Model (DOM)

Context: frontend-dev-bookmarks / Languages, Protocols, Browser APIs

The DOM is a programming interface for HTML, XML and SVG documents. It defines methods that allow access to the tree, so that they can change the document structure, style and content.

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• Document Events: DOM event model is a generic event system and a set of standard modules of events for user interface control and document mutation notifications
  • An Introduction To DOM Events: Wilson Page introduces the basics of working with DOM events, then delves into their inner workings, explaining how we can make use of them to solve common problems.
  • DOM Level 2 Event Model: W3C specification section for DOM Level 2 Events.
  • Gator: Gator is a small (~0.8 kb minified + gzipped), simple, standalone, event delegation library.
• Overview: High level guides, articles and documents about DOM.
  • DOM Features You Didn’t Know Existed: Louis Lazaris talks about DOM Features you probably don't know.
  • DOM Reference at the MDN: Complete reference of the DOM provided by the Mozilla Development Network.
  • Document Object Model (DOM) Technical Reports: Specifications by the W3C.
  • Introduction to the DOM: This section provides a brief conceptual introduction to the DOM: what it is, how it provides structure for HTML and XML documents, how you can access it, and how this API presents the reference information and examples.

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