It ‘s not really matter of advantage but of proper usage depending on the need. The fundamental difference is that: createTextNode() is a method and works just as its name says: it creates an element… then you must do something with it (like in your example, where you append it as a child); so it … Read more
Of course. createTextNode will escape any strings and show them as they are, while innerHTML could render html-like strings into a DOM. If you don’t want that (unless you are sure the text contains no unescaped tags, e.g. when assigning a literal directly), you can use textContent (or innerText for IE). Yet I’d recommend createTextNode, … Read more
You can use a unicode literal for a non breaking space: var foo = document.createTextNode(“\u00A0”);