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An introduction to DOM traversal with jQuery.
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Traversal, in the case of jQuery,
means to traverse the DOM, or
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to move from one element
on our webpage to the next.
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If you've done DOM scripting before,
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you're probably aware of some of
the terms associated with traversal.
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We've used similar terms in this course
when talking about using the CSS
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selectors.
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But here's a refresher.
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If I selected this unordered
list through jQuery,
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the list items would be
described as the ul's children.
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If I selected an item in the list,
the second item for
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