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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Making Changes to the DOM Removing Nodes

Posted by Andrea Gylling
Andrea Gylling
2,796 Points

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'addEventListener' of null at app.js:40

Can't seem to find whats causing this error, from what I can see the code I've written is identical to the teachers code in the video.

``` button in index.html <button class="removeItemButtom">Remove last item</button>

``` javascript code
const removeItemButton = document.querySelector('button.removeItemButton');

removeItemButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
  let ul = document.getElementsByTagName('ul')[0];
  let li = document.querySelector('li:last-child');
  ul.removeChild(li);
});

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
232,149 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
232,149 Points

It's just a spelling issue. The code is looking for a button with the class "removeItemButton", but the HTML defines the button's class as "removeItemButtom" (with an "m" at the end).