Glossary term
What is DOM?
In Apex Flow Academy, "DOM" means: The browser's tree of objects for your page. Changing the tree changes what people see. It is taught in JavaScript From Zero: Make Web Pages Come Alive. Related terms include Spread, Selector, Arrow function and Event and listener. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is DOM?
The browser's tree of objects for your page. Changing the tree changes what people see.
Where is DOM taught?
DOM is defined in JavaScript From Zero: Make Web Pages Come Alive.
Which lessons cover DOM?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- JavaScript From Zero: Make Web Pages Come Alive, lesson 4.1: Find elements on the page
Which terms are related to DOM?
Next to DOM in the course glossaries: Spread, Selector, Arrow function, Event and listener, Callback, State, Method and Render.
SpreadSelectorArrow functionEvent and listenerCallbackStateMethodRender
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn DOM?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- JavaScript From Zero: Make Web Pages Come Alive: No prior programming and no CSS knowledge are needed; the style sheet you need is given to you.