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‘DOM’ino Effect

In today’s post, I would like to touch on the HTML DOM (Document Object Model). In building a web application, developers find themselves interacting with the DOM repeatedly. So what is the DOM? The DOM at its most basic level is simply the pieces of the HTML page. There is terminology and methods associated with […]

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Event Handling

Events…what are they and how do we handle them? Events are things that your end user does…clicks on something, hovers their mouse over a section of the page or even loads the page. Events allow our JavaScript functionality program work with the user to create a truly interactive experience. So how does it work? At

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Functions as Variables

Whenever I am working with folks who are just learning JavaScript, they seem to get hung up on functions until the light bulb goes on. One of the aspects of functions is understanding that functions are just fancy variables. What does this mean? It means that you can build meaningful functions and utilize names that make

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