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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Making Changes to the DOM DOM Manipulation

Simarjeet Kaur
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Simarjeet Kaur
Courses Plus Student 1,364 Points
Posted by Simarjeet Kaur
Simarjeet Kaur
Courses Plus Student 1,364 Points

I need helpto know why my code is not working.

task 1 and 2 alone are working fine. on task 3 when I append a new element to the html doc at that time it says my code for task 1 is not working. But i don't see any problem in my code.

app.js 
var contentDiv = document.getElementById("content");
let newParagraph = document.createElement("p");
newParagraph.className="panel";
document.contentDiv.appendChild( newParagraph);
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>DOM Manipulation</title>
    </head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <body>
        <div id="content">

        </div>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

1 Answer

balthazear
balthazear
5,824 Points
balthazear
balthazear
5,824 Points 
contentDiv.appendChild(newParagraph);