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Robert Booth
2,290 PointsHow to open an alert dialog box after passing Task 1?
I passed the first task by adding a pair of scripts but everytime I try to add the alert dialog box it no longer passes the first task. What am I doing wrong?
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
2 Answers
Eric Trego
15,308 Pointsto open an alert dialog box in the index.html you will need.
<script>
alert("what ever you want to alert");
</script>
if you are in a js file then it would look the same without the <script> tags.
hope this helps
Eric Trego
15,308 Pointsno problem. happy coding
Eric Trego
15,308 PointsEric Trego
15,308 Pointsalso you need to delete the src="script.js" you do not need this in the <script> tag because you are adding the JavaScript right to the html. you only need src="script.js" if you are adding a different file to the index.html page.
Robert Booth
2,290 PointsRobert Booth
2,290 PointsThanks for your response Eric. However, everytime I add this to the code it brings back an error message saying "It looks like Task 1 isn't passing" or "you didn't call the alert function". Am I supposed to be entering the alert dialog box outside the body?
Eric Trego
15,308 PointsEric Trego
15,308 Pointsok so the first task is asking you to insert a script tag in the between the body tag.
Eric Trego
15,308 PointsEric Trego
15,308 Pointssecond task is asking for this insde the script tags
<script>alert('Warning');</script>make sure you use the cap W the tests are case sensitive if it uses a capitalized letter you have to too.
Robert Booth
2,290 PointsRobert Booth
2,290 PointsOh wow thanks a lot Eric! For some reason I thought the two tasks were correlated so I thought the "script.js" tag needed to be included as well in the second task. This is my first time learning a programming language so I am kind of trying to learn the ropes.