append vs appendChild?

intermediate

Create Element Dynamically

Create and append new HTML elements using JavaScript.

Learn document.createElement and appendChild.

📚 Concepts & Theory

Creating Elements

const div = document.createElement('div');
div.textContent = 'New content';
parent.appendChild(div);

🎯 Your Challenge

Create a new paragraph and add it to the page.

📝 Starter Code

JavaScript

// HTML: <div id="container"></div>

function addParagraph(text) {
  // Your code here
}

Solution

JavaScript

function addParagraph(text) {
  const p = document.createElement('p');
  p.textContent = text;
  document.getElementById('container').appendChild(p);
}

addParagraph('Hello World');

Explanation

Create element, set content, append to DOM.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

append accepts strings too