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<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span>html</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
    <span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span>head</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span><span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;/</span>head</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
    <span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span>body</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
        <span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span>button</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
            I've been clicked 
            <span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span>span</span> <span class="token attr-name">id</span><span class="token attr-value"><span class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span class="token punctuation">"</span>counter<span class="token punctuation">"</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>0<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;/</span>span</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
            times
        <span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;/</span>button</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
        <span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span>script</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span><span class="token script"><span class="token language-javascript">
            <span class="token keyword">let</span> numClicks <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token number">0</span><span class="token punctuation">;</span>
            <span class="token keyword">const</span> button <span class="token operator">=</span> document<span class="token punctuation">.</span><span class="token function">querySelector</span><span class="token punctuation">(</span><span class="token string">"button"</span><span class="token punctuation">)</span><span class="token punctuation">;</span>
            <span class="token keyword">const</span> counter <span class="token operator">=</span> document<span class="token punctuation">.</span><span class="token function">querySelector</span><span class="token punctuation">(</span><span class="token string">"#counter"</span><span class="token punctuation">)</span><span class="token punctuation">;</span>

            <span class="token comment">// This lets you keep the HTML totally separate from the JS</span>
            <span class="token comment">// (that can be good and bad)</span>
            button<span class="token punctuation">.</span><span class="token function">addEventListener</span><span class="token punctuation">(</span><span class="token string">"click"</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span> incrementCounter<span class="token punctuation">)</span><span class="token punctuation">;</span>

            <span class="token keyword">function</span> <span class="token function">incrementCounter</span><span class="token punctuation">(</span><span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">{</span>
                numClicks <span class="token operator">++</span><span class="token punctuation">;</span>
                counter<span class="token punctuation">.</span>innerText <span class="token operator">=</span> numClicks<span class="token punctuation">;</span>
            <span class="token punctuation">}</span>
        </span></span><span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;/</span>script</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
    <span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;/</span>body</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;/</span>html</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>