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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Introducing JavaScript Your First JavaScript Program

rdaniels
rdaniels
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Posted by rdaniels
rdaniels
27,258 Points

Code Challenge: Your first JavaScript Program

inside the script tags I put: <script>

document.write(<p>Welcome to JavaScript</p>);

</script> but I keep getting a parse error... and I can see in the editor that the closing p is showing an error. Any help would be appreciated

2 Answers

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Hey Rodney,

There are a couple of errors. First one is a syntax error: You are missing your quotation marks needed to enclose the sentence.

The second one isn't really an error in syntax, just an error in what the challenge is asking for. The challenges are picky. You wrote "Welcome to JavaScript", but the challenge wants "Welcome to my site"

The corrected line of code will be

document.write("<p>Welcome to my site</p>");

Keep Coding! :)

rdaniels
rdaniels
27,258 Points
rdaniels
rdaniels
27,258 Points

Thank you! Exactly right!

Colin Bell
Colin Bell
29,679 Points
Colin Bell
Colin Bell
29,679 Points

You have to put "<p>Welcome to JavaScript</p>" in quotes;

document.write("<p>Welcome to JavaScript</p>");