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JavaScript and the DOM

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Get and Set Content with textContent and innerHTML

8:00 with Guil Hernandez

Learn two properties that provide ways to read and update content in the DOM, textContent, and innerHTML.

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    [MUSIC] 0:00
    Hi everyone! It's time to start shaking things up a little more in our daily 0:00
    tasks web app, starting with how to read and change content. 0:05
    In this video, I'll teach you two DOM element properties, 0:08
    textContent and innerHTML. 0:13
    Each provides a different way to read or update content in the DOM. 0:15
    You're going to learn when it might be best to use one property over the other. 0:20
    First, let's look at the textContent property, 0:24
    which enables you to read or set the textContent of an element in the DOM. 0:27

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