一开始很多人都会拿jquery的选择器来跟这两个api做对比（我也是），比较异同本来没事，但却使一些同学对这两个api在浏览器中的实现产生了误解，特别是再dom element上调用此api时。
(function(global) {
global.doc = document;
global.body = doc.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];
global.$ = function(id) {
return doc.getElementById(id);
}
global.Logger = function(id) {
this.logElem = $(id);
this.logArr = [];
};
global.Logger.prototype = {
constructor: global.logger,
append: function(comment) {
this.logArr.push('<p>' + comment + '</p>');
},
flush: function() {
this.logElem.innerHTML = this.logArr.join('');
},
clear: function() {
this.logElem.innerHTML = '';
this.logArr = [];
}
};
})(this);
(function() {
var logger = new Logger('log');
var items = $('inner').querySelectorAll('#main h4.inside');
logger.append(items.length);
for(var i = 0, len = items.length; i < len; i++) {
logger.append(items[i].innerHTML);
}
logger.flush();
})();
(function(global) {
global.doc = document;
global.body = doc.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];
global.$ = function(id) {
return doc.getElementById(id);
}
global.Logger = function(id) {
this.logElem = $(id);
this.logArr = [];
};
global.Logger.prototype = {
constructor: global.logger,
append: function(comment) {
this.logArr.push('<p>' + comment + '</p>');
},
flush: function() {
this.logElem.innerHTML = this.logArr.join('');
},
clear: function() {
this.logElem.innerHTML = '';
this.logArr = [];
}
};
})(this);
(function() {
var logger = new Logger('log');
var items = $('inner').querySelectorAll('#main h4.inside');
logger.append(items.length);
for(var i = 0, len = items.length; i < len; i++) {
logger.append(items[i].innerHTML);
}
logger.flush();
})();
<div id="main">
<div id="inner">
<h4 class="inside">h4 inside 1</h4>
<h4 class="inside">h4 inside 2</h4>
<ul class="nodelist">
<li>list item one</li>
<li>list item two</li>
<li>list itme three</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="outter">
<h4 class="outside">h4 outside 1</h4>
<h4 class="outside">h4 outside 2</h4>
</div>
<div id="log"></div>
误解就在于对$('inner').querySelectorAll('#main h4.inside')的实现理解，不少人一开始几乎都认为是直接从div[id='inner']的孩子中进行查找（我也是），这个#main有点碍眼。实际上它还是根据selector string从整个document上查找，再返回属于div[id='inner']的子节点。很多人会疑惑，那么为什么不按照直接按父节点找子节点的方式来实现呢？就像elem.getElementsByTagName，我的想法是灵活selector string吧。