What do you mean by DOM, how simply i can learn about it, What do you mean by DOM, how simply i can learn about it Options

[DOM_Player]

What do you mean by DOM ?, how do i go about learning it, since i am an html enthusiast

This post has been edited by DOM_Player: Mar 5 2009, 12:20 AM

[Darin McGrew]

Please see the FAQ entry Where can I learn about JavaScript (LiveScript, JScript, ECMAScript, DOM)?

[Christian J]

Here's a tutorial: http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/intro.html

[Brian Chandler]

What do you mean by DOM ?, how do i go about learning it, since i am an html enthusiast

DOM stands for "Document Object Model" which is another example of a nasty modern trend: using the generic description of something as the name of one particular instance or implementation of that thing. A bit like calling our pet rabbit "Rabbit". Or calling a window manager "Windows". (Don't know a name for this: "Generic-jacking" perhaps?)

If you read the Wikipedia article, for example, you'll see that essentially it says:

"The [sic] Document Object Model is an object model for documents" (which is a pretty silly sentence to have to say).

It might help to remember that the name is inappropriate, because you might run across someone using the (valid) term "document object model" to mean a generic thing of that kind, no necessarily the owner of the generic-jacked name.

[DOM_Player]

Thanks for all the replies. I went thru all those links, sorry but i would still need a simpler material to begin with DOM.

[pandy]

So begin with JavaScript. I think most DOM tutorials assume you already know at least basic JS. One could say the DOM is about the methods used. The programming language still is JavaScript.

[Frederiek]

These might be of help:
http://www.w3.org/DOM/
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/support/Training...script.html#dom
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/support/Training...ript.html#sites