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Yao Nien Chung
15,946 PointsWhat's the difference between the two methods that using "event.target.elements[0].value" and "this.refs.name.value"?
What's the difference between the two methods that using "event.target.elements[0].value" and "this.refs.name.value" while you want to obtain the value from the <input ref="name"/>?
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Michael Liendo
15,326 PointsI was thinking the same thing. My only assumption is that it's just something that is omitted in this teaching since none of the React courses have yet to even mention it. It's beneficial in the sense that if you ever wanted to switch the position of your DOM nodes, you could could do so without having to worry about the index since.
Myers Carpenter
6,421 PointsMyers Carpenter
6,421 PointsI don't follow your question.