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JavaScript AJAX Basics AJAX Concepts Create an XMLHttpRequest Object

Posted by Michael Vautour
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Michael Vautour
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 9,241 Points

Can this be updated to accept let's / const's, it only validated with a 'var'

passing only works with 'var'...

1 Answer

Peter Vann
Peter Vann
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Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,425 Points

Hi Michael!

I just tried this:

const request = new XMLHttpRequest();

And it passed just fine.

I don't why let fails. I think it a Treehouse challenge test quirk.

It works fine here:

https://www.w3schools.com/xml/tryit.asp?filename=tryxml_httprequest

I hope that helps.

Stay safe and happy coding!