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shevy-java • today at 4:59 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Well, the name SetHTML, or let's say:

    .set_html()
Makes objectively more sense than:

    .inner_html()
    .inner_html =
    .set_inner_html()
It is a fairly small thing, but ... really. One day someone should clean up the mess that is JavaScript. Guess it will never happen, but JavaScript has so many strange things ...

I understand that this here is about protection against attacks rather than a better API design, but really - APIs should ideally be as great as possible the moment they are introduced and shown to the public.

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lloydatkinson • today at 5:02 PM

To be pedantic that’s the DOM API, which is exposed to JavaScript.

The DOM API has always felt like, and still does, it was written by people that have never made an API.

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