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    I did the document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => { }); piece but now my filterCheckBox event isn't working

    Posted on Feb 25, 2021 by Alsaig Sandra
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  • Nick Dicken
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    Couldn't you do a script defer on the HTML? Is there a difference between the two? Is one better practice?

    Posted on Feb 1, 2021 by Nick Dicken
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  • babyoscar
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    Couldn't you use "window.onload" instead?

    Posted on Dec 14, 2020 by babyoscar
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  • Peter Eriksson
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    Anybody got the entire code and would like to share it?

    Posted on Apr 22, 2019 by Peter Eriksson
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  • arieloo
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    Can't launch this video ! I'll try to follow along with video transcript...

    Posted on Mar 12, 2019 by arieloo
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  • Conary Beckford
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    "DOMContentLoaded" not working for me.

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  • Christopher Debove
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    What is the purpose of DOMContentLoaded and script in head tag?

    Posted on Jun 5, 2017 by Christopher Debove
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  • Leon Segal
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    DOMContentLoaded is not firing

    Posted on May 26, 2017 by Leon Segal
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  • cyber voyager
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    Can't understand the parseInt explanation on MDN.

    Posted on May 24, 2017 by cyber voyager
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