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JavaScript Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript Traversing and Manipulating the DOM with JavaScript Creating Elements

Posted by Zachary Fine
Zachary Fine
10,110 Points

On line 1 of app.js, create a new div element and assign it to newDiv??? I dont really understand what its asking for.

do i create newTaskElement???

1 Answer

Hossam Khalifa
Hossam Khalifa
17,200 Points

He is asking you to create, a div using the document.createElement method like this.

var newDiv = document.createElement("div");
Laura Cressman
Laura Cressman
12,548 Points

Exactly right-don't want to steal Hossam's thunder though! Please let us know if that doesn't work for you :)