html_nodes.js

...
<p id="test"> Hey <span>Text</span> </p>
...


var linkText = document.getElementById('test').textContent; Hey Text

var linkText = document.getElementById('test').innerText; Hey
var linkText = document.getElementById('test').childNodes[0].nodeValue; Hey
var linkText = document.getElementById('test').firstChild.nodeValue; Hey  // Only works on Text nodes

console.log(linkText);


(p html element node) // childNodes [ TextNode, ElementNode(span) ]
   |  |
   |  +--> (Text node).nodeValue = "Hey"
   |
   +--> (span html element node).childNodes = [textnode, attributenodes, onandonnodes]
            | //.childNodes[0] || .firstChild
            +--> (Text node).nodeValue = "Text"

var text = document.getElementById('test').childNodes[1].childNodes[0].nodeValue; //=> "Text"

var linkText = document.getElementById('test').childNodes[0].nodeValue;



document.getElementById('test').innerText;
$('#test').val();