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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Traversing the DOM Parent Traversal

Julian Cubillos
Julian Cubillos
2,060 Points
Posted by Julian Cubillos
Julian Cubillos
2,060 Points

Don't understand task 2, please help and thanks in advance

const removeMe = document.querySelector();

var parent = .parentNode;

I remove the removeMe

app.js 
const removeMe = document.querySelector();

var parent = .parentNode;
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Parent Traversal</title>
    </head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <body>
        <ul>
            <li>Hello</li>
            <li>Hi</li>
            <li class="remove_me">Good bye!</li>
            <li>Howdy</li>
        </ul>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,783 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,783 Points

It doesn't look like you completed task 1 yet.

Or did you modify the code after task 1? You don't want to do that, you'll need to keep everything you had in task 1 and then add to it for task 2.