JavaScript Events Explained Simply

Events tell your code something happened, like a click or a keypress. Add a listener to run a function whenever that event occurs.

// Run in a browser console.
const button = document.createElement("button");
button.textContent = "Complete lesson";
button.addEventListener("click", () => {
  console.log("Lesson complete");
});
document.body.append(button);

button.click();

OutputLesson complete

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