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Liam Hayes
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 13,116 PointsWhat does it mean when I do this with JQuery? const newStudent = $('<li>Sam Smith</li>');
Hi there :)
If I type this in a project javascript's file
var newStudent = $('<li>Sam Smith</li>');
What does this accomplish? (By the way, when I type that there is not already a Sam Smith list item in the HTML already. I'm typing a new list item, not trying to select one from the HTML file).
Thank you very much :)
2 Answers
Josh Davis
24,227 PointsExactly. Instead of selecting an element from the DOM, you are creating a new list item element and initializing it as a jQuery object, allowing you to use any jQuery functions on the "newStudent" variable. You should then be able to do actions like:
newStudent.addClass('name-in-red')
to achieve
<li class="name-in-red">Sam Smith</li>
All before adding it to the DOM, i.e.:
$('ul').append(newStudent); // add the list item to (the end of) the <ul> tag
Josh Davis
24,227 PointsYou are welcome Liam!
Liam Hayes
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 13,116 PointsLiam Hayes
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 13,116 PointsThank you very much bro