What is the difference between "Document" and "document" in JavaScript.
typeof document is object which we have been using regularly in our programming & typeof Document is function.
What is the use of Document function and where to use it?
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I was so ready to dismiss this question, until I started [looking in to it](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/document). My best guess at this point is Document() is the base class of the `document` object, but I can't find a clear statement about this yet... – Jason Sperske Feb 14 '14 at 06:44
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See here http://www.domenlightenment.com/#2. – elclanrs Feb 14 '14 at 06:44
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And here http://reference.sitepoint.com/javascript/Document – elclanrs Feb 14 '14 at 06:46
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So like this: http://jsfiddle.net/gFPR9/ `var d = new Document();`? – Jason Sperske Feb 14 '14 at 06:48
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Thank you all for your response. Got a basic idea. – user3242956 Feb 14 '14 at 07:26
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@JasonSperske When i am trying var d = new Document(); in chrome console its throwing error TypeError: Illegal constructor – user3242956 Feb 14 '14 at 07:51
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A Google search gave me these results:
The Document interface inherits from Node, and represents the whole document, such as an HTML page. Although the Document node is conceptually the root of a document, it isn't physically the root - the root node is the first Element node in the Document, and is represented by its documentElement property.
From: http://reference.sitepoint.com/javascript/Document
Both Document and HTMLDocument constructors are typically instantiated by the browser when you load an HTML document. However, using document.implementation.createHTMLDocument() its possible to create your own HTML document outside of the one currently loaded into the browser. In addtion to createHTMLDocument() its also possible to create a document object which has yet to be setup as an HTML document using createDocument(). Typically the use of theses methods are associated with programatically providing an HTML document to an iframe.
From: http://www.domenlightenment.com/#2
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