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

Posted by Ashley Abid
Ashley Abid
863 Points

I'm sorry, everyone, I'm such a newbie. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I tried doing what I saw in the video.

I typed in both the alert and document.write commands but the preview still ends up showing nothing. :(

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
  document.write("<h1>Welcome to my site</h1>");
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>

<body>
</body>

<script>
// alert("Welcome to my site");

</script>


</html>

1 Answer

jacobproffer
jacobproffer
24,604 Points

Hey Ashley,

If you take a look, a script tag is provided below the body at the start of the challenge. You're going to want to write all of your JavaScript code inside of the script tag (For this challenge):

<script>
// Write your code here.
document.write("This is an example."); //Write to the document
alert("This is an example"); //Alert the user
</script>

Currently, you are trying to write to the document below the opening html tag, which is why you're not seeing anything in the preview.

Best,

Jacob

Ashley Abid
Ashley Abid
863 Points

Thank you so much, Jacob!!! It's my first time officially coding in the Javascript language so completing my first challenge,with your help,was really nice. :D