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append VS appendChild

Abdulqudus Abubakre on April 17, 2020

This is the first post in the this vs that series. A series aimed at comparing two often confusing terms, methods, objects, definition or anything ...
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Ronak Jethwa

Nice one! Few more suggestions for the continuation of the series!

1. Call vs Apply
2. Prototype vs __proto__
3. Map vs Set
4. .forEach vs .map on Arrays
5. for...of vs for...in
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Abdulqudus Abubakre

Sure, will do that. Thanks

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Ronak Jethwa • Edited

happy to contribute by writing one if you need :)

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Rashid Enahora

Thank you sir!!! That was very clear and concise!!!

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Tulsi Prasad

Very consice and clear explanation, thanks!

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Abdulqudus Abubakre

Glad I could help

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Aliyu Abubakar

This is straightforward

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Abdulqudus Abubakre

Thanks man

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Pacharapol Withayasakpunt

It would be nice if you also compare the speed / efficiency.

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Kelsie Paige

Here’s the light bulb moment I’ve been looking for. You nailed it in such a clean and concise way that I could understand as I read and didn’t have to reread x10 just to sort of get the concept. That’s gold!

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Frupreneur

"In cases where you can use .appendChild, you can use .append but not vice versa."

well if you do need that return value, appendChild does the job while .append doesnt

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Ryan Zayne

Would anyone ever need that return value tho?

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mmestiyak

Thanks man!

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dAMi

This is helpful, thanks boss!

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Ali-alterawi

thank you

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mohammadparsa-javidi

Perfect👌

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Anthonia Okafor

Well explained

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Abdulqudus Abubakre

Thanks Anthonia

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Ben Halpern

Very clear guide

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Abdulqudus Abubakre

Thanks a lot Ben :)

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Abdelrahman Hassan

Excellent explanation

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Md. Monirul Islam

Thanks man!

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MLM

I UNDERSTAND, FINALLY! New to JavaScript and DOM Manipulation, this was perfect, clear, concise! Thank you!

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jamaicayancy

This was perfect. Thanks!

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Navin

Very well explained !!