createlement add child code example

Example 1: create element javascript with id

var btn = document.createElement('div'); 
btn.setAttribute("id", "div1");

Example 2: create and append element in javascript

//create and append element
 var node = document.createElement("LI");                 // Create a <li> node

 var textnode = document.createTextNode("Water");         // Create a text node

 node.appendChild(textnode);                              // Append the text to <li>

 document.getElementById("myList").appendChild(node);