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JavaScript

Posted by Chase Lee
Chase Lee
29,275 Points

Build an Interactive Website >Google Maps Integration >Adding Point Markers to a Map: Geocoding

Hey everyone,

I was doing: Build an Interactive Website >Google Maps Integration >Adding Point Markers to a Map: Geocoding, and in task 1 they ask: 'In "app.js" on line 11 set "geocoder" to a new google.maps namespaced "Geocoder" object.'

Here is my code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Map</title>

    <style type="text/css">
    body, html {
        margin:0;
        padding:0;
    }
    body, html, #map {
        width:100%;
        height:100%;
    }
    </style>

</head>
<body>
    <div id="map"></div>

    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyAn8fk75K8kCdW6pQ4B7yoBHJNrUbleieY&sensor=false"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="app.js">
        geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
    </script>

</body>
</html>

Thanks in advance!

Ernest Grzybowski
Ernest Grzybowski
Treehouse Project Reviewer

Sorry, I'm not sure what your problem is? What are you having trouble with?

2 Answers

Andrew Chalkley
STAFF
Andrew Chalkley
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Andrew Chalkley
Andrew Chalkley
Treehouse Guest Teacher

You should be putting your code in the app.js file not the script tag that links to app.js. Any code in a script tag that has it's src attribute set will not get evaluated.

Chase Lee
Chase Lee
29,275 Points

Thanks Mr Chalkley! I would have never seen that.

Chase Lee
Chase Lee
29,275 Points
Chase Lee
Chase Lee
29,275 Points

Sorry I didn't specify correctly. The line that I'm having a problem with is:

geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();

That's the one I added, and here is what they give me as a hint: Bummer! You need to write the keyword 'new' followed by 'google.maps.Geocoder()'

Thanks.

Alexander Sobieski
Alexander Sobieski
6,555 Points

sometimes the code challenge software gets buggy (esp. if you have multiple windows open and copy/paste answers in [versus typing].

Try starting the quiz over from the beginning.

Chase Lee
Chase Lee
29,275 Points

I'v refreshed it multiple times but it still doesn't work.

Elliott Frazier
Elliott Frazier
Courses Plus Student 9,647 Points

Remember code challenges are case sensitive. That might be the problem.

Chase Lee
Chase Lee
29,275 Points

I don't know where I've gone wrong...I went as far as to copy the code from the project files.:confused:

Elliott Frazier
Elliott Frazier
Courses Plus Student 9,647 Points

hmmmm....

Chase Lee
Chase Lee
29,275 Points

I'll tag Andrew Chalkley. Maybe he can help.

Sam Donald
Sam Donald
36,305 Points

you haven't specified var at the beginning. Also, is it written in app.js? it should be!