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Exercise 37

Create the following folder/file structure:

/ex_37
  |-- index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Events</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div></div>
    <button id="firstButton">Click Me!!</button>
    <button id="secondButton">Remove event listener</button>
    <a href="https://google.com">Link with JavaScript handler</a>
  </body>
</html>

index.html

Create a basic HTML document
Create a script tag on the document head element
Select the body element and add the keypress event handler
When the user press a key we'll show the following message on the console

You pressed the %pressedKey% key with the %charCode% code

Use event.charCode & String.fromCharCode() to get the key and code

index.html