Event Handlers

Putting your CSS and JS in separate files.

Starting with this example:

<div id="container"></div>
<script>
  const container = document.getElementById("container");
  const kittenImg = document.createElement("img");
  kittenImg.src = "http://placekitten.com/g/200/300";
  container.appendChild(kittenImg);
</script>

Move the JS to a separate file called script.js:

<script src="script.js"></script>

What happens if...?

  • Put the <script> tag before the <div>

  • Put it after the div

  • Put it in the <head>

  • Keep it in the <head> and add defer to the tag - this is what we want to do going forward.

Show that we can also add stylesheets by linking them with the <link> tag (demo with a background color or something).

<head>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css" />
</head>

Textboxes!

Extend the kitten example to use a textbox to do input.

  • Introducing input boxes with <input type="text">

  • Using .value to get the value of the text box in JavaScript

index.html

<input id="mytextbox" type="text" />
<button onclick="handleClick()">Add</button>
<div id="container"></div>

script.js

function addKitten() {
  const container = document.getElementById("container");
  const kittenImg = document.createElement("img");
  kittenImg.src = "http://placekitten.com/g/200/300";
  container.appendChild(kittenImg);
}

function addPuppy() {
  const container = document.getElementById("container");
  const puppyImg = document.createElement("img");
  puppyImg.src = "https://place-puppy.com/300x300";
  container.appendChild(puppyImg);
}

function handleClick() {
  const textBoxContents = document.getElementById("mytextbox").value;
  if (textBoxContents === "kitten") {
    addKitten();
  } else if (textBoxContents === "puppy") {
    addPuppy();
  }
}

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