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Prefer node.remove() over parentNode.removeChild(node) and parentElement.removeChild(node)

Enforces the use of, for example, child.remove(); over child.parentNode.removeChild(child); and child.parentElement.removeChild(child); for DOM nodes. The DOM function Node#remove() is preferred over the indirect removal of an object with Node#removeChild().

This rule is fixable.

Fail

foo.parentNode.removeChild(foo);
foo.parentElement.removeChild(foo);
this.parentNode.removeChild(this);
this.parentElement.removeChild(this);
foo.parentNode.removeChild(bar);
foo.parentElement.removeChild(bar);
this.parentNode.removeChild(foo);
this.parentElement.removeChild(foo);

Pass

foo.remove();
this.remove();