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  • Edsel Talento
    Edsel Talento
    16,922 Points

    Please help, I don't understand why it doesn't work if i put the code not below the $('#posted-pets').append($newPet);

    Posted December 13, 2017 12:02pm by Edsel Talento
    Edsel Talento
    16,922 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • parent()

    2 Answers

  • Melissa Franklin
    Melissa Franklin
    7,863 Points

    Why do we leave in "Dog" when we are resetting the form field for species? $species.val("Dog");

    Posted December 2, 2017 4:19pm by Melissa Franklin
    Melissa Franklin
    7,863 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • Why We Traverse the DOM

    1 Answer

  • Noah Fields
    Noah Fields
    13,985 Points

    JQuery- how to use next() method for challenge

    Posted November 16, 2017 9:40pm by Noah Fields
    Noah Fields
    13,985 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • find(), prev(), and next()

    2 Answers

  • Sahan Balasuriya
    Sahan Balasuriya
    10,115 Points

    how to parameter student.name work

    Posted October 27, 2017 10:43am by Sahan Balasuriya
    Sahan Balasuriya
    10,115 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • Why We Traverse the DOM

    1 Answer

  • Gaurav Yadav
    Gaurav Yadav
    5,047 Points

    Should we use var or const/let in jQuery?

    Posted October 4, 2017 12:10pm by Gaurav Yadav
    Gaurav Yadav
    5,047 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • Why We Traverse the DOM

    1 Answer

  • katia lishnevsky
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    katia lishnevsky
    Courses Plus Student 1,685 Points

    why we can set any name for parameter in the function?

    Posted August 25, 2017 8:09pm by katia lishnevsky
    katia lishnevsky
    Courses Plus Student 1,685 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • Why We Traverse the DOM

    0 Answers

  • Vic Mercier
    Vic Mercier
    3,276 Points

    The find method is a little bit like the not method, aren't?

    Posted August 13, 2017 2:32pm by Vic Mercier
    Vic Mercier
    3,276 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • find(), prev(), and next()

    1 Answer

  • Vic Mercier
    Vic Mercier
    3,276 Points

    Is someone able to give me an example of the find() method.

    Posted August 13, 2017 2:08pm by Vic Mercier
    Vic Mercier
    3,276 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • find(), prev(), and next()

    1 Answer

  • Vic Mercier
    Vic Mercier
    3,276 Points

    Don't understand the find method.

    Posted August 13, 2017 2:00pm by Vic Mercier
    Vic Mercier
    3,276 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • find(), prev(), and next()

    0 Answers

  • Vic Mercier
    Vic Mercier
    3,276 Points

    Putting code at the bottom of the file doesn't work and under the line where I appended the newpet to the div, it works?

    Posted August 12, 2017 10:20pm by Vic Mercier
    Vic Mercier
    3,276 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • parent()

    1 Answer

  • Vic Mercier
    Vic Mercier
    3,276 Points

    I don't understand what is the importance of: one or more levels down within the DOM tree.

    Posted August 12, 2017 8:53pm by Vic Mercier
    Vic Mercier
    3,276 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • Understanding the DOM Tree Review

    2 Answers

  • Ben Ahlander
    Ben Ahlander
    7,528 Points

    $newPet remove function not working

    Posted July 18, 2017 8:51pm by Ben Ahlander
    Ben Ahlander
    7,528 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • parent()

    2 Answers

  • Justin Hicks
    Justin Hicks
    14,290 Points

    Introduction to jQuery Not in sync?

    Posted July 10, 2017 7:17pm by Justin Hicks
    Justin Hicks
    14,290 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • parent()

    3 Answers

  • kevin anderson
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    kevin anderson
    Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 41,112 Points

    If this is intro to jQuery, why is the pure javascript forEach() method being demo'd? why not $.each() jQuery function?

    Posted July 5, 2017 6:47pm by kevin anderson
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    Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 41,112 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • Why We Traverse the DOM

    1 Answer

  • Chisel Delahanty
    Chisel Delahanty
    3,609 Points

    Pet adoption site workspace has vanished

    Posted June 24, 2017 11:33pm by Chisel Delahanty
    Chisel Delahanty
    3,609 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • parent()

    0 Answers

  • Derick Brown
    Derick Brown
    7,361 Points

    The 'x' removal code not working

    Posted May 7, 2017 2:19pm by Derick Brown
    Derick Brown
    7,361 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • parent()

    2 Answers

  • parker keller
    parker keller
    6,539 Points

    reset form code not working

    Posted May 4, 2017 4:34pm by parker keller
    parker keller
    6,539 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • Why We Traverse the DOM

    1 Answer

  • Learning coding
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    Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 9,937 Points

    Why would you want to cut down searches in the DOM?

    Posted May 2, 2017 1:12pm by Learning coding
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    Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 9,937 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • find(), prev(), and next()

    1 Answer

  • Learning coding
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    Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 9,937 Points

    Can someone elaborate on this video starting from 3.06?

    Posted May 2, 2017 11:13am by Learning coding
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    Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 9,937 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • Why We Traverse the DOM

    1 Answer

  • nathanielcusano
    nathanielcusano
    9,808 Points

    So the parent node is the newly created div right? So therefore you have to do parent().parent() to remove the entire

    Posted April 6, 2017 8:53pm by nathanielcusano
    nathanielcusano
    9,808 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • parent()

    1 Answer

  • Jason Welsh
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    prev() is in the title but not covered?

    Posted March 8, 2017 9:08pm by Jason Welsh
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    Treehouse Project Reviewer
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • find(), prev(), and next()

    3 Answers

  • Scott Endicott
    Scott Endicott
    460 Points

    Workspace Issues

    Posted January 25, 2017 8:35pm by Scott Endicott
    Scott Endicott
    460 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • find(), prev(), and next()

    2 Answers

  • joseph arias
    joseph arias
    9,269 Points

    Quick Question on the Class tags

    Posted December 28, 2016 9:22am by joseph arias
    joseph arias
    9,269 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • parent()

    1 Answer

  • Keith James
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    Keith James
    Courses Plus Student 8,159 Points

    Slightly confused about the class mentioned in the video

    Posted November 23, 2016 3:30am by Keith James
    Keith James
    Courses Plus Student 8,159 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • find(), prev(), and next()

    2 Answers

  • Jonathan Grieve
    Jonathan Grieve
    91,254 Points

    Using fade()out but I still want to completely remove the element.

    Posted September 30, 2016 4:28pm by Jonathan Grieve
    Jonathan Grieve
    91,254 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • parent()

    4 Answers

  • Kristian Woods
    Kristian Woods
    23,414 Points

    What does the parameter in the JQuery forEach() method return?

    Posted September 26, 2016 11:25am by Kristian Woods
    Kristian Woods
    23,414 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Introduction to jQuery
    • DOM Traversal
    • Why We Traverse the DOM

    1 Answer

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