TextNodes
TextNodes are a fundamental concept in representing text within a structured document, particularly in the context of the Document Object Model (DOM) of web pages. When you have text content within an HTML element, for instance, that text is not directly part of the element itself but is rather contained within a separate node type known as a TextNode. This separation allows for more granular manipulation of content.
TextNodes store the actual character data of the text. They are a type of node within the
JavaScript, a common language for web development, provides methods to access, create, and modify TextNodes. This