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JavaScript Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015) Constructor Functions and Prototypes Making the UI Work

Leo Marco Corpuz
Leo Marco Corpuz
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Posted by Leo Marco Corpuz
Leo Marco Corpuz
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Creating the list template to html at the beginning of the video.

How does the title/artist list get placed in the ordered list html element without any getElement method?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

If you're talking about line 32 (in the video, 33 in your snapshot) of "playlist.js":

  list.innerHTML += this.songs[i].toHTML();

The "list" there is passed in as the argument to the function ("renderInElement"). That call is done on lines 9 and 11 (or 8 and 9) of "app.js":

var playlistElement = document.getElementById("playlist");
playlist.renderInElement(playlistElement);

So the "list" is a result of calling "getElementByID".

If that's not what you meant, please give a more specific reference to what part of the code you're asking about.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

Line 16 is the start of the "toHTML" function. It only builds up and returns the string, it doesn't place it in the element. Putting it in the element is done by the code parts I talked about above.