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Re: Difference between innerHTML and appendChild

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Am 2015-12-28 um 21:45 schrieb Tim Streater:
> In article <n5s5e3$ttt$2@dont-email.me>, Gregor Kofler
> <usenet@gregorkofler.com> wrote:
> 
>> Am 2015-12-28 um 21:06 schrieb Aleksandro:
>>> On 28/12/15 13:54, bit-naughty@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>> From what I know, both innerHTML and appendChild put stuff INTO the
>>>> browser's current page - but if I appendChild(), is that *visible*
>>>> straightaway? Or does it get put into the DOM tree, but is not *shown*
>>>> straightaway...? Can anyone please explain?
>>>
>>> Yes.
>>>
>> Great. Let's hear it. The explanation.
> 
> appendChild adds one element to the DOM. innerHTML will typically be
> some html that will be parsed and turned into a small element tree
> (depending how complex your innerHTML is). That will then be added to
> the DOM. The parsing process will do its best to correct errors in the
> supplied html, if any.
> 
> When these are rendered and displayed is another question altogether.
> 

I know. I found Aleksandro's just a bit on the ...brief and confusing side.

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Difference between innerHTML and appendChild bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2015-12-28 08:54 -0800
  Difference between innerHTML and appendChild Ram Tobolski <ramtob@gmail.com> - 2015-12-28 10:54 -0800
  Re: Difference between innerHTML and appendChild Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2015-12-28 17:06 -0300
    Re: Difference between innerHTML and appendChild Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2015-12-28 21:20 +0100
      Re: Difference between innerHTML and appendChild Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-12-28 20:45 +0000
        Re: Difference between innerHTML and appendChild Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2015-12-28 23:46 +0100
        Re: Difference between innerHTML and appendChild Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-12-29 22:18 +0100

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