JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by garreh
HTML
<div></div>
JavaScript
$("div")[0].appendChild(document.createTextNode("a"));
$("div")[0].appendChild(document.createTextNode("b"));
alert($("div").contents().length);
alert($("div").contents().filter(function() {
return this.nodeType == 3;
}).length);