Create an alias to document getelementbyid in JavaScript

document.getElementById is pretty useful when developing Web 2.0 websites. But, writing over and over "document.getElementById" can be annoying. There is a simple way to fix that problem.

Creating an alias is a good way to simplify your code.

this.$ = function(elem) {
    if(typeof(elem) != "string") {
        return false;
    }
    if(!document.getElementById(elem)) {
        return false;
    }
    return document.getElementById(elem);
}

Now, if you want to reference an HTML tag using the ID, you simply need to use the $

$('info');

instead of:

document.getElementById('info');