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JavaScript from Frontend to Backend

You're reading from   JavaScript from Frontend to Backend Learn full stack JavaScript development using the MEVN stack with quick and easy steps

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801070317
Length 336 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Eric Sarrion Eric Sarrion
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: JavaScript Syntax
2. Chapter 1: Exploring the Core Concepts of JavaScript FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Exploring the Advanced Concepts of JavaScript 4. Part 2: JavaScript on the Client-Side
5. Chapter 3: Getting Started with Vue.js 6. Chapter 4: Advanced Concepts of Vue.js 7. Chapter 5: Managing a List with Vue.js 8. Part 3: JavaScript on the Server-Side
9. Chapter 6: Creating and Using Node.js Modules 10. Chapter 7: Using Express with Node.js 11. Chapter 8: Using MongoDB with Node.js 12. Chapter 9: Integrating Vue.js with Node.js 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Modifying an element in the list

Modifying a list element is done in several steps:

  1. Following a click on the Modify button, we transform the text of the list element (currently a <span> element) into an HTML <input> element initialized with the text of the element.
  2. Then we manage the exit of the input field, by retrieving the value entered in the field, then by replacing the input field with a <span> element with the new content.
  3. Finally, we improve the input by allowing the input control to automatically have the focus after clicking on the Modify button.

Let’s see these different steps in depth.

Transforming the <span> element into an <input> element

The first step is to transform the <span> element into an <input> element, which will allow the text of the element to be modified. To do this, we will add a new reactive variable (named "input") in the <Element> component. It indicates whether...

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