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JavaScript One Solution

Jake Kobs
Jake Kobs
9,215 Points

Is this code ok? I know Guil traversed from different elements at times, but is mine fine?

// STARTING POINT
const list = document.querySelector('.list');

// 1: Store the first child of the `ul` in the variable `firstItem`
const firstItem = list.firstElementChild;
firstItem.style.backgroundColor = '#04c5e6';

// 2: Using traversal, store the second list item in a variable named `nextItem`
const nextItem = firstItem.nextElementSibling;
nextItem.style.backgroundColor = '#b7c7d0';

// 3: Store the last child of the `ul` in a variable named `lastItem`
const lastItem = list.lastElementChild;
lastItem.style.backgroundColor = '#57d6ab';

// 4: Using traversal, store the second-to-last list item in a variable named `prevItem`
const prevItem = list.lastElementChild.previousElementSibling;
prevItem.style.backgroundColor = '#f36f49';

// 5: Store the nested div in a variable named `banner`
const banner = list.previousElementSibling;
banner.className = 'banner';

// 6: Using traversal, store the wrapper div in a variable named `wrapper`
const wrapper = list.parentNode;
wrapper.style.backgroundColor = '#fcfcfc';

// 7: Using traversal, store the body in a variable named `body`
const body = list.parentNode.parentNode;
body.style.backgroundColor = '#f8fdf3';

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points

This is certainly functional, but it's more efficient to use the other variables and it makes the code more concise.

Functionality is certainly the most important criterion, but it's better to achieve all three if you can.

True. but you're adding a dependency if you do that. I think both approaches are acceptable, depending on what you are doing.

For #4, you don't need to add 'list'. You could just write it this way: const prevItem = lastItem.previousElementSibling; no need to add list since your already defined what the latItem is