Javascript - DOM Attributes

javascript
javascript-dom

var element = document.getElementById('...');
element.alt = 'Some text';
var altText = element.alt;

var value = element.value;

getAttribute
setAttribute

Normalized name	Source name
class	className
cssFloat	styleFloat for IE, cssFloat for other browsers (when used with .css)
float	styleFloat for IE, cssFloat for other browsers (when used with .css)
for	htmlFor
maxlength	maxLength
readonly	readOnly
styleFloat	styleFloat for IE, cssFloat for other browsers (when used with .css)

What are different ways to get the value of a particular attribute of an element?

var altText = element.alt;  // Access the attribute directly
getAttribute

What are different to assign a value to particular attribute of an element?

element.alt = altText;  // Assign the value to the attribute directly
setAttribute