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JavaScript Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript Selecting Elements and Adding Events with JavaScript Plan

Andreas Kratzel
Andreas Kratzel
2,858 Points
Posted by Andreas Kratzel
Andreas Kratzel
2,858 Points

This would be so easier to follow if the HTML was well-structured

I think this step would have been SO much easier to follow along when the HTML was more structured.

I found it hard to follow along with every element next to each other instead of below or something like that. Of course you can do it yourself, but I think it would have been better to start off with a well-structured HTML sheet right away.

Jeremy Castanza
Jeremy Castanza
12,081 Points
Jeremy Castanza
Jeremy Castanza
12,081 Points

I agree - at least from a readability standpoint. I added my own if anyone wants to borrow it. You may have to make a minor change to the button width in the CSS file due to the line breaks.

    <div class="container">
      <p>
        <label for="new-task">Add Item</label>
          <input id="new-task" type="text">
          <button>Add</button>
      </p>

      <h3>Todo</h3>
      <ul id="incomplete-tasks">
        <li>
          <input type="checkbox"><label>Pay Bills</label>
            <input type="text">
            <button class="edit">Edit</button>
            <button class="delete">Delete</button>
        </li>
        <li class="editMode">
          <input type="checkbox"><label>Go Shopping</label>
            <input type="text" value="Go Shopping">
            <button class="edit">Edit</button>
            <button class="delete">Delete</button>
        </li>  
      </ul>

      <h3>Completed</h3>
      <ul id="completed-tasks">
        <li>
          <input type="checkbox" checked><label>See the Doctor</label>
            <input type="text">
            <button class="edit">Edit</button>
            <button class="delete">Delete</button>
        </li>
      </ul>
    </div>

1 Answer

Anuj Sachdeva
Anuj Sachdeva
13,034 Points
Anuj Sachdeva
Anuj Sachdeva
13,034 Points

I think this is what prepares us for the stuff we're going to face outside the treehouse universe. Of course it's always helpful to have a well structured HTML but we ain't gonna be that lucky all the time. So this practice of reading and understanding a complex structure/code may come handy some time.