DOM Developer Central

DOM Central

DOM Central contains information about how to use the Document Object Model (DOM) to create standards-compliant DHTML and dynamic web applications. DOM refers to how browsers and other software represent documents as objects to dynamically access and modify a documentīs contents.

While there are many differences between the 4th generation browsers (Netscape 4 and Internet Explorer 4), many aspects of how they treated forms, frames, etc were the same. This common behavior between Netscape 4 and Internet Explorer 4 is what is known as the DOM 0. DOM 0 is not an official standard but refers to behavior that you can expect to be the similar (if not the same) in these two generatation 4 browsers.

Today, "the DOM" usually means W3C DOM which is the standard for all modern browsers. The W3C DOM is the future of web development.

DHTML Demonstrations Using DOM/Style These demonstrations are recommended materials for developers interested in learning the DOM and how to dynamically manipulate markup and style property of elements. Most of the DOM demos features the use of the DOM, CSS, JavaScript, and related technologies. Traversing an HTML Table with JavaScript and DOM Interfaces An overview of the DOM level 1.0 methods and how to use them via JavaScript. This technote covers the core methods that allows creation and manipulation of markup elements dyncamically via JavaScript.

External Articles

 Useful DOM Links Demos and Tutorials using DOM The Document Object Model in Mozilla The XML Cover Pages DOM2 Quick Reference sidebar tab DOM Cross References window object document object location object navigator object DOM HTML Style W3C DOM Resources W3C DOM DOM Level 1 DOM Level 2 HTML DOM Level 2 Core DOM Level 2 Style DOM Level 2 Events DOM Level 2 Traversal and Range DOM Level 2 Views dmoz.org DOM Resources W3C DOM JavaScript: W3C DOM DHTML