Vanilla JavaScript Quick Reference / Cheatsheet
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// Returns a reference to the element by its ID.
document.getElementById(id);
// Returns an array-like object of all child elements which have all of the given class names.
document.getElementsByClassName(names);
// Returns an HTMLCollection of elements with the given tag name.
document.getElementsByTagName(name);
// Returns the first element within the document that matches the specified group of selectors.
document.querySelector(selectors);
// Returns a list of the elements within the document (using depth-first pre-order traversal of the document's nodes)
// that match the specified group of selectors.
document.querySelectorAll(selectors);
// Get child nodes
var stored = document.getElementById('heading');
var children = stored.childNodes;
console.log(children);
// Get parent node
var parental = children.parentNode;
// create new elments
var newHeading = document.createElement('h1');
var newParagraph = document.createElement('p');
// create text nodes for new elements
var h1Text= document.createTextNode("This is the fucking header text!");
var paraText= document.createTextNode("This is the fucking Paragraph text!");
// attach new text nodes to new elements
newHeading.appendChild(h1Text);
newParagraph.appendChild(paraText);
// elements are now created and ready to be added to the DOM.
// grab element on page you want to add stuff to
var firstHeading = document.getElementById('firstHeading');
// add both new elements to the page as children to the element we stored in firstHeading.
firstHeading.appendChild(newHeading);
firstHeading.appendChild(newParagraph);
// can also insert before like so
// get parent node of firstHeading
var parent = firstHeading.parentNode;
// insert newHeading before FirstHeading
parent.insertBefore(newHeading, firstHeading);
Suppose you have the following HTML:
<div id="box1">
<p>Some example text</p>
</div>
<div id="box2">
<p>Some example text</p>
</div>
// you can insert another snippet of HTML between #box1 and #box2
var box2 = document.getElementById("box2");
box2.insertAdjacentHTML('beforebegin', '<div><p>This gets inserted.</p></div>');
// beforebegin - The HTML would be placed immediately before the element, as a sibling.
// afterbegin - The HTML would be placed inside the element, before its first child.
// beforeend - The HTML would be placed inside the element, after its last child.
// afterend - The HTML would be placed immediately after the element, as a sibling.
// grab element on page you want to use
var firstHeading = document.getElementById('firstHeading');
// will remove foo if it is a class of firstHeading
firstHeading.classList.remove("foo");
// will add the class "anotherClass" if one does not already exist
firstHeading.classList.add("anotherclass");
// add or remove multiple classes
firstHeading.classList.add("foo","bar");
firstHeading.classList.remove("foo","bar");
// if visible class is set remove it, otherwise add it
firstHeading.classList.toggle("visible");
// will return true if it has class of "foo" or false if it does not
firstHeading.classList.contains("foo");
// create an empty array
var myArray = [];
// create array with items. Can store any type
var myOtherArray = [myArray, true, "A random string"];
// call specific value in an array
myOtherArray[0];
// will return myArray
// change value for this item
myOtherArray[0] = false;
// will now return false
// add to end of array
myOtherArray[myOtherArray.length] = "new stuff";
// will return the new item "new stuff"
// or you can use push()
myOtherArray.push("new stuff");
// will return new length of array
// you can remove this last item by using pop()
myOtherArray.pop();
// will return the last item of the array and will have removed it from myOtherArray
// shift and unshift will do the same for the begging of the Array
myOtherArray.shift();
// will remove and return first item of array
myOtherArray.unshift(1,2);
// this will add 1 and 2 to beginning of array and return new length
// you can use delete keyword but turn value to undefine and not shorten length. so we use splice()
myOtherArray.splice(2, 1);
// this will remove and return the third item only.
// first arg is where to start and second is how many things to splice. this example is 1.
// create an object
var newObject = {};
// add a property to object
newObject.newPropName = "super fly";
// or other syntax
newObject['other new prop name'] = "mildly fly";
// Now newObject.newPropName will return super fly
newObject.newPropName;
// now to delete
delete newObject.newPropName;
// If Else statements
var a = 1;
var b = 2;
if( a < b ) {
console.log('the if is true!');
} else {
console.log('the if is false!');
}
// Multi If Else statements
var a = 1;
var b = 2;
var c = 3;
if( a > b ) {
console.log('the if is true!');
} else if(a > c) {
console.log('OK, THIS if is Ture!');
} else {
console.log('None of these were true');
}
// Ternary operators. same as if else
var a = 1;
var b = 2;
a === b ? console.log('The statement is true') : console.log('The statement is false');
// switch statements
var a = 4;
switch (a) {
case "Oranges":
console.log("Orange? really?");
break;
case 1:
console.log("a is equal to 1.");
break;
case 2:
console.log("a is equal to 2.");
break;
case 3:
console.log("a is equal to 3.");
break;
case 4:
console.log("a is equal to 4.");
break;
default:
console.log("I run if no one else is true.");
}
// while loop
var i = 0;
while( i < 10 ) {
console.log(i);
i += 1
}
// do while loop
var i = 0;
do {
console.log(i);
i += 1
} while( i < 10 )
// for loop
for ( var i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) {
console.log(i);
}
// for in statments
var obj = {a:1, b:2, c:3};
for ( var prop in obj ) {
// check if property is inherited or not
if(obj.hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
console.log("obj." + prop + " = " + obj[prop]);
}
}
var newElement = document.getElementsByTagName('h1');
newElement.onclick = function() {
console.log('clicked');
};
newElement.addEventListener("focus", function(event) {
console.log('focused');
}, false);
newElement.removeEventListener("focus", function(event) {
console.log('focused');
}, false);
window.onload = function() {
console.log("Im loaded");
};
function simpleMessage() {
alert("This is just a simple alert");
}
// set time out
window.setTimeout(simpleMessage, 5000);
// if you wanted to clear the timer.
var timer = window.setTimeout(simpleMessage, 5000);
window.clearTimeout(timer);
// set interval. will repeat every 5000ms
window.setInterval(simpleMessage, 5000);
// if you wanted to clear the intervals.
var intervalHandler = window.setInterval(simpleMessage, 5000);
window.clearInterval(intervalHandle);
var myNumber = 1;
var myString = "some Text";
var bools = true;
var myArray = [];
var myObj = {};
var notNumber = NaN;
var nullified = null;
typeof myNumber;
// returns "number"
typeof myString;
// returns "string"
typeof bools;
// returns "boolean"
typeof myArray;
// returns "object".
// Not super helpful so must check if it has length property to see if it is an array.
typeof myArray === 'object' && myArray.hasOwnProperty('length');
// returns true
typeof myObj;
// returns "object". Must do the same test as above but expect false back from check.
typeof notNumber;
// returns "number". this is confusing but returns this as NaN is part of the global Number object.
// must check if isNaN()
typeof notNumber === 'number' && isNaN(notNumber);
// returns true if type of is "number" and is still NaN
// you provide defaults inside your function
var myFunction = function myFunction(arg1, arg2) {
var arg1 = (typeof arg1 !== 'undefined') ? arg1 : "default argument one";
var arg2 = (typeof arg2 !== 'undefined') ? arg2 : "default argument two";
console.log(arg1 + " & " + arg2);
};
var optimizedResize = (function() {
var callbacks = [];
var running = false;
// fired on resize event
function resize() {
if (!running) {
running = true;
if (window.requestAnimationFrame) {
window.requestAnimationFrame(runCallbacks);
} else {
setTimeout(runCallbacks, 66);
}
}
}
// run the actual callbacks
function runCallbacks() {
callbacks.forEach(function(callback) {
callback();
});
running = false;
}
// adds callback to loop
function addCallback(callback) {
if (callback) {
callbacks.push(callback);
}
}
return {
// initalize resize event listener
init: function(callback) {
window.addEventListener('resize', resize);
addCallback(callback);
},
// public method to add additional callback
add: function(callback) {
addCallback(callback);
}
}
}());
// start process
optimizedResize.init(function() {
console.log('Resource conscious resize callback!')
});