Functions for quick'n'dirty DOM insertion when there is no JS library

basic-dom-insertion.js

// for more elaborate code, see for instance:
// https://github.com/jquery/jquery/blob/master/src/manipulation.js

function prepend(target, elem) {
	target.insertBefore(elem, target.firstChild);
}

function append(target, elem) {
	target.appendChild(elem);
}

function before(target, elem) {
	target.parentNode.insertBefore(elem, target);
}

function after(target, elem) {
	target.parentNode.insertBefore(elem, target.nextSibling);
}