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Alex Flores
7,864 PointsJavaScript Data Structure / Interpreter question?
I'm just curious if someone could tell me what the interpreter is doing in the following code and/or is there a name for this technique. The code below is basically a binding event:
<script>
//Create binding events so tasks can move freely
var bindTaskEvent = function(taskListItem, checkBoxEventHandler) {
var deleteButton = taskListItem.querySelector("button.delete");
var editButton = taskListItem.querySelector("button.edit");
var checkBox = taskListItem.querySelector("input[type=checkbox]");
//delete
deleteButton.onclick = deleteTask;
//edit
editButton.onclick = editTask;
//checkbox
checkBox.onchange = checkBoxEventHandler;
}
addButton.onclick = addTask;
for(i = 0; i < incompletedTasks.children.length; i++){
bindTaskEvent(incompletedTasks.children[i], taskComplete);
}
for(i = 0; i < completedTasks.children.length; i++){
bindTaskEvent(completedTasks.children[i], taskIncomplete);
}
</script>
I understand how it works for the most part, but I'm not entirely sure if the interpreter runs the code and stores an instance of it (if so where?) or it just doesn't run it and once someone clicks on the button, then the interpreter runs to that line of code?
Thanks!