Native JS Node Maker Function

nodemaker.js

/**
 * Node Maker Function
 * @author Kyle Foster
 */
var makeNode = function( parent, content ) {
  var node = document.createElement( parent );
  if ( content ) node.innerHTML = content;
  return node; 
};

// Create node w/ content
var text = makeNode( 'tr', '<td>Simple text</td>' );

// Append to body
document.body.appendChild( text );