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JavaScript DOM Scripting By Example Adding and Removing Names Registering Names

Posted by baderbouta
baderbouta
7,804 Points

ul.appendChild(li)? Shouldn't it be this instead?

At 6:15, Shouldn't it be this instead?

invitedList.appendChild(li);

Kind of confused here.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

The name "invitedList" is an ID of an element in the HTML, but it's not a variable. And on line 9, that HTML element was assigned to the variable "ul":

  const ul = document.getElementById('invitedList');

So "ul" is the correct variable name to use when appending the new list item.

Does that help to make it more clear?

baderbouta
baderbouta
7,804 Points

Gotcha! Thanks!