#JavaScript for #html encoding and decoding a value with #jQuery

app.js

/* 
Use jQuery to html encode a value
*/
function htmlEncode(value){
  //create a in-memory div, set its inner text(which jQuery automatically encodes)
  //then grab the encoded contents back out.  The div never exists on the page.
  return $('<div/>').text(value).html();
}

/*
Use jQuery to html decode a vlaue
*/
function htmlDecode(value){
  return $('<div/>').html(value).text();
}