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Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 7,806 PointsparentNode vs parentElement
The program runs the same when I use parentElement. How do I know when to use parentNode vs parentElement? Is there a difference?
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Dylan Bailey
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 17,232 PointsParent Element returns null if the parent is not an element node, that is the main difference between parentElement and parentNode. In many cases one can use anyone of them, in most cases, they are the same.
Hope that clears up the confusion!