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Michael Shin
Michael Shin
4,020 Points
Posted by Michael Shin
Michael Shin
4,020 Points

Challenge Task "Preview" doesn't seem to work

I've noticed this on numerous code challenges. I want to see the preview of my code, and it just shows the code re-written on blank page.. Is this happening with anyone else?

miketch
miketch
6,846 Points

Ya, for some odd reason this is happening to me sometimes too.

Gavin Ralston
Gavin Ralston
28,770 Points
Gavin Ralston
Gavin Ralston
28,770 Points

I'm pretty sure this is a limitation of the preview in the challenges, which probably just renders html and css. I've never seen a preview of any scripting work before.

Asked a moderator to drop in and see if they know for sure-like.

Robert Richey
Robert Richey
Courses Plus Student 16,352 Points

Hi Michael,

That's a great question.

I don't know the answer to this. My impression of the preview tab so far is that it will show what the challenge creator intends for it to show - which, sometimes is nothing. Java code challenges, for example, will often (if not always) use the preview tab to display compiler/syntax errors. But for Python, I don't recall seeing anything in the preview tab.

Consider sending an email to help@teamtreehouse.com and perhaps they may be able to shed some light on this.