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description: "Discussion on \"Using textContent vs innerHTML\". While working through challenge two of Facebook's and Andela's DevC qualification test, I noticed the test cases weren't accepting innerHTML over textContent, so I read up a bit. Here's why:\nAlthough both can be used to read and write text inside an ..."
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# [Using textContent vs innerHTML](https://dozie.dev/using-textcontent-vs-innerhtml?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

While working through challenge two of Facebook's and Andela's DevC qualification test, I noticed the test cases weren't accepting innerHTML over textContent, so I read up a bit. Here's why: Although both can be used to read and write text inside an ...

Aug 10, 2019 · 1 min read · dozie.dev  
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