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Event

Meaning in web development, with examples

/ɪˈvent/nounCore term

In web development, event means: Something that happens in the browser and that code can react to, such as a click, a key press, a form submission or the page finishing loading.

In Turkish: olay, event

How it is used

Developers listen for, handle, fire and prevent events. Common phrases are 'click event', 'event handler' and event.preventDefault(), which stops the browser's default action.

Example sentences

  1. The click event fires twice because the listener was added twice.

  2. Call preventDefault() on the submit event so the page doesn't reload.

Common collocations

  • click event
  • event handler
  • fire an event
  • handle an event
  • custom event
  • event listenerA function that waits for a specific event on an element, such as a click or a key press, and runs when that event happens.
  • DOMDocument Object Model: the tree of objects a browser builds from a page's HTML, which JavaScript can read and change while the page is open.
  • JavaScriptThe programming language that runs in every web browser and makes pages interactive; with Node.js it also runs on servers.
  • formA part of a page where users enter information, such as a login, search or contact form, which is then sent to a server.

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