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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Getting a Handle on the DOM A Simple Example

Posted by nathanielcusano
nathanielcusano
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Is it a good practice to name the variable the same as the Id or will it cause refactoring problems?

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Talking about this part?

var myHeading = document.getElementById('myHeading');

It's perfectly fine. I believe this approach makes readability easier.

Like you said though, if you do choose to refactor and give myHeading a different name. You will have to dig through your HTML and change that one as well. But on the other hand, you'll have a hard time reading your code if you have to decipher which variable belongs to what element in your html.

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thanks