Evolution of DOM API to a higher level of abstraction.

[alejsanc]

I think it would be convenient for the DOM API to evolve to a higher level of abstraction as some Javascript libraries allow with high level and chainable methods.

Example:

 paragraph.appendElement("a").setAttribute("href", "/article");

[WebReflection]

FWIW, this works already

const a = document.createElement('a');
paragraph.appendChild(a).setAttribute("href", "/article");

alternatives for more than a single attribute exist too:

Object.assign(
  paragraph.appendChild(document.createElement('a')),
  {
    href: '/article',
    title: 'cool article'
  }
);

[alejsanc]

Those examples that you put are more complex than my example. That's why people use libraries and not the DOM directly.

[annevk]

Hey @alejsanc, thanks for your interest in improving the DOM Standard. I recommend working with the https://wicg.io/ community to turn this into a concrete proposal we can evaluate.

[alejsanc]

Thanks for the info annevk.