I see these terms used interchangeably as the global environment for the DOM. What is the difference (if there is one) and when should I use each one?
I see these terms used interchangeably as the global environment for the DOM. What
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I see these terms used interchangeably as the global environment for the DOM. What is the difference (if there is one) and when should I use each one?
windowis the main JavaScript object root, aka theglobal objectin a browser, and it can also be treated as the root of the document object model. You can access it aswindow.window.screenor justscreenis a small information object about physical screen dimensions.window.documentor justdocumentis the main object of the potentially visible (or better yet: rendered) document object model/DOM.Since
windowis the global object, you can reference any properties of it with just the property name – so you do not have to write downwindow.– it will be figured out by the runtime.