whatwg/dom resource

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The WHATWG DOM Standard, the living specification defining the platform-neutral Document Object Model for events, aborting activities, and node trees. The repository hosts the source (dom.bs) used to build the published standard, along with contribution guidelines and test integration with web-platform-tests.

Use cases

• look up how DOM events and node trees are specified
• contribute fixes or new features to the DOM spec
• understand normative behavior of document.querySelector and related APIs
• check how browsers should implement DOM APIs
• find the test suite for DOM behavior in web-platform-tests

When to choose

• you need the authoritative, normative definition of DOM behavior
• you are implementing a browser engine or DOM library
• you want to propose or review changes to web platform DOM APIs

When to avoid

• you want a runnable DOM implementation or library rather than a specification
• you need tutorials or beginner documentation for using the DOM in web pages

Facets

learning-resource · maturity active

documentation parser web-development documentation apis browser specification living-standard dom whatwg standards web-server

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