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title: jQuery HTML
description: "> ## jQuery vs JavaScript > > > > jQuery was created in 2006 by John Resig. It was designed to handle Browser Incompatibilities and to simplify HTML DOM Manipulation, Event Handling, Animations, and Ajax. > > > > For more…"
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updated: "2021-05-19"
category: Javascript
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# jQuery HTML

> ## jQuery vs JavaScript
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> jQuery was created in 2006 by John Resig. It was designed to handle Browser Incompatibilities and to simplify HTML DOM Manipulation, Event Handling, Animations, and Ajax.
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> For more than 10 years, jQuery has been the most popular JavaScript library in the world.
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> However, after JavaScript Version 5 (2009), most of the jQuery utilities can be solved with a few lines of standard JavaScript:

## Set Text Content

Set the inner text of an HTML element:

### jQuery

              `myElement.text("Hello Sweden!");`

### JavaScript

             `myElement.textContent = "Hello Sweden!";`

## Get Text Content

Get the inner text of an HTML element:

### jQuery

              `var myText = myElement.text();`

### JavaScript

             `var myText = myElement.textContent || myElement.innerText;`

## Set HTML Content

Set the HTML content of an element:

### jQuery

              `var myElement.html("<p>Hello World</p>");`

### JavaScript

             `var myElement.innerHTML = "<p>Hello World</p>";`

## Get HTML Content

Get the HTML content of an element:

### jQuery

      `var content = myElement.html();`

### JavaScript

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