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JavaScript Introduction to Programming Basics Writing Your Program

Posted by Andrew Hubright
Andrew Hubright
132 Points

I replicated the html code and followed all the steps but the console.log is not printing in chrome?

I can see the page headers and it is sans serif and appropriate size. I tried placing the script command in different areas of the the HTML, still no luck. Also tried running it using firefox and firebug.

notf0und
notf0und
11,940 Points

Please post all your javascript code with the markdown. It should go between 3 backtick characters on each end.

Here's a good post on doing it: https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/posting-code-to-the-forum

4 Answers

Andrew Hubright
Andrew Hubright
132 Points
Andrew Hubright
Andrew Hubright
132 Points

ah, of course.. apologies.

Here it is: 

console.log("Hello from myscript.js");
Andrew Hubright
Andrew Hubright
132 Points
Andrew Hubright
Andrew Hubright
132 Points

and, here is the html: (the script is at the end, but I have tried it in the instructed position and a few others as well)

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <title> Introduction to Programming</title>
        <style>
            html{
                background: #7a7a7a;
                font-family: helvetica;
            }
        </style>
    </head>
<body>
    <h1>Introduction to Programming</h1>
    <h2>with Javascript</h2>
</body>
</html>
<script src="myscript.js"></script>
notf0und
notf0und
11,940 Points
notf0und
notf0und
11,940 Points

Your script tag needs to be inside the html tags. Put it before closing your body tag, and it will work.

Andrew Hubright
Andrew Hubright
132 Points

If you read my other comment below you will see I have already tried that. No dice

Jason Anello
PLUS
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Andrew,

Normally the script tag would be placed in either the <head> section of the page or right before the closing </body> tag.

If you have placed it there then it should be working.

Is your js and html file in the same folder?

All that this script does is log a string to the console. Are you looking in the console panel of your browsers developer tools?

It's not going to output anything to the page where you see the h1 and h2.