Adding HTML via JS

JavaScript performance comparison

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Preparation code

<div id="demoId">
</div>

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innerHTML
 
var d = document.getElementById('demoId');
d.innerHTML = '';

document.getElementById('demoId').innerHTML = '<div>hello world and <a>click me</a> also</div>';
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createElement
 
var d = document.getElementById('demoId');
d.removeChild(d.firstChild);

var itd = document.createElement('div'),
    ita = document.createElement('a'),
    idt = document.createTextNode('hello world');
iat = document.createTextNode('click me');
idn = document.createTextNode('also');

ita.appendChild(iat);
itd.appendChild(idt);
itd.appendChild(ita);
itd.appendChild(idn)

document.getElementById('demoId').appendChild(itd);
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