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JavaScript jQuery Basics Understanding jQuery Events and DOM Traversal Adding New Elements to the DOM

Van Jordan
Van Jordan
3,350 Points
Posted by Van Jordan
Van Jordan
3,350 Points

uh i forgot

??/

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h2>Student List</h2>

    <ul class="student-list">
        <li>James McAvoy</li>
        <li>Alena Holligan</li>
        <li>Wade Christensen</li>
        <li>Matt Krzyzynski</li>
    </ul>

    <script
    src="jquery-3.2.1.min.js"></script>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
app.js 
const $newStudent =

1 Answer

Michael Cook
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Michael Cook
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 28,975 Points

I'm pretty sure what you need is something like this:

const $newStudent = $('.student-list').append('<li>Sam Smith</li>');

Note: documentation is your friend. I suggest getting comfortable reading documentation and googling to find out things like this. Happy coding!