1 var element = document.createElement("div"); 2 element.className = "message"; 3 4 var textNode = document.createTextNode("Hello world!"); 5 element.appendChild(textNode); 6 7 var anotherTextNode = document.createTextNode("Yippee!"); 8 element.appendChild(anotherTextNode); 9 10 document.body.appendChild(element); 11 12 console.log(element.childNodes.length); //2 13 14 element.normalize(); 15 console.log(element.childNodes.length); //1 16 console.log(element.firstChild.nodeValue); //Hello world!Yippee!