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6,366 Pointsproblems understanding values etc.
its really difficult to understand why we are implementing labels, ids, classes, etc, when no javascript stuff is covered in this course. i assume we use so many ids, classes, labels, etc because we want to use things like getElementByID (javascript) stuff
but its really difficultt o remember all this when i dont edxactly see the reason or need to use ids and labels etc. can someone plz help me?
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KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 PointsIn addition to JavaScript ids and classes can be used in CSS. In the video ids are used to bind labels to elements using the label's for
attribute. These are short examples that you should get used to. Try right clicking the forum and choose 'View Page Source' to see what you may be getting into some day. Then the code in the video might not seem so bad.
Robert O'Toole
6,366 Pointsas usual everything seems daunting and incomprehensible at first. this is my second time returning to this lesson and i think im understanding it now :)
thanks!