When should one use [removed] and when [removed] in JavaScript

Question

Is there a general rule, when one should use document.write to change the website content and when to use .innerHTML?

So far my rules were:

Answer 1

innerHTML can be used to change the contents of the DOM by string munging. So if you wanted to add a paragraph with some text at the end of a selected element you could so something like

document.getElementById( 'some-id' ).innerHTML += '

here is some text

'

Though I'd suggest using as much DOM manipulation specific API as possible (e.g. document.createElement, document.createDocumentFragment, .appendChild, etc.). But that's just my preference.

The only time I've seen applicable use of document.write is in the HTML5 Boilerplate (look at how it checks if jQuery was loaded properly). Other than that, I would stay away from it.