Intro

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about javascript events, and how to avoid some common pitfalls!

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02:23 - Event bubbling

• Some events bubble, some don’t
• Clicks bubble
• Mouseevents bubble
• Focus doesn’t bubble

04:10 - Event capturing

• Capture: down, bubble up
• Canceling: prevent default
• target` vs currentTarget
• currentTarget is what got clicked
• target is what you listened for the click on
• event.isTrusted
• addEventListener once: true

• Javascript30
• BeginnerJavascript

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