querySelector vs getElement(s)ByWhatever vs .firstChild

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Preparation HTML

<p id="id" class="class">some text 0</p>

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querySelector
const element = document.querySelector(".class");
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getElementsByClassName
const element = document.getElementsByClassName("class");
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getElementsByTagName
const element = document.getElementsByTagName("p");
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getElementById
const element = document.getElementById("id");
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