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Websites are built with three main technologies: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. In the **Elements** tab, DevTools shows the HTML and CSS of the current page:
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Apart from JavaScript, websites are built with two main technologies: HTMLand CSS. In the **Elements** tab, DevTools shows the HTML and CSS of the current page:
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While HTML and CSS describe what the browser should display, [JavaScript](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/JavaScript) is a general-purpose programming language that adds interaction to the page.
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While HTML and CSS describe what the browser should display, JavaScript adds interaction to the page. In DevTools, the **Console** tab allows ad-hoc experimenting with JavaScript.
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In DevTools, the **Console** tab allows ad-hoc experimenting with JavaScript. If you don't see it, press **ESC** to toggle the Console. Running commands in the Console lets us manipulate the loaded page—we’ll try this shortly.
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If you don't see it, press **ESC** to toggle the Console. Running commands in the Console lets us manipulate the loaded page—we’ll try this shortly.
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## Interacting with an element
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We won't be creating Python scrapers just yet. Let's first get familiar with what we can do in the JavaScript console and how we can further interact with HTML elements on the page.
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We won't be creating Node.js scrapers just yet. Let's first get familiar with what we can do in the DevTools console and how we can further interact with HTML elements on the page.
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In the **Elements** tab, with the subtitle element highlighted, let's right-click the element to open the context menu. There, we'll choose **Store as global variable**. The **Console** should appear, with a `temp1` variable ready.
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The Console allows us to run JavaScript in the context of the loaded page, similar to Python's [interactive REPL](https://realpython.com/interacting-with-python/). We can use it to play around with elements.
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The Console allows us to run code in the context of the loaded page. We can use it to play around with elements.
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For a start, let's access some of the subtitle's properties. One such property is `textContent`, which contains the text inside the HTML element. The last line in the Console is where your cursor is. We'll type the following and hit **Enter**:
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