text node vs innerhtml in jquery (v6)

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Preparation HTML

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id='test'>some text</div>

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text
$('#test').text('This node is awesome!!!');
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html
$('#test').html('This node is awesome!!!');
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textNode nodeValue (requires exactly one existing child text node)
$('#test').get()[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue = 'This node is awesome!!!';
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