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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Introducing JavaScript Write Another Program

Charlie Kloppenburg
Charlie Kloppenburg
5,060 Points
Posted by Charlie Kloppenburg
Charlie Kloppenburg
5,060 Points

I'm getting an error message in the first Javascript challenge.

Here is the code: <!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>JavaScript Basics</title> </head> <body> <script> alert("Warning!") </script> <script> document.write("welcome to Javascript"); </script> </body> </html>

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
  <script>alert("Warning!")</script>
  <script>document.write("welcome to Javascript");</script>
</body>
</html>

3 Answers

Charlie Kloppenburg
Charlie Kloppenburg
5,060 Points
Charlie Kloppenburg
Charlie Kloppenburg
5,060 Points

Seriously, Thanks for the help.
I'll say nice things about you.

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

I'm guessing it must have worked! hahaha

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

Just keep in mind that the Challenges on here are very finicky about what you can put into code, regardless of whether it might be valid or not. If you only do what the challenge asks you to do, you'll pass 'em every time! :)

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points
Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

Hey Charlie,

I'm not quite sure where you got the "document.write" command from, but the challenge only asks you for an alert box. Just delete that last line, and the challenge will pass.

Charlie Kloppenburg
Charlie Kloppenburg
5,060 Points
Charlie Kloppenburg
Charlie Kloppenburg
5,060 Points

the alert "Warning!" line passed. Then, it asks to add a second statement. That is where the document.write line came from. Each line seems okay; but when I combine them I get the error message that the first line (whichever one) is now incorrect.

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

I loaded up the challenge twice already and there are only two tasks. The first is to create the script tags and the second is to add the alert box. The next challenge has nothing to do with document.write either, so you must be thinking of a different challenge...

Charlie Kloppenburg
Charlie Kloppenburg
5,060 Points
Charlie Kloppenburg
Charlie Kloppenburg
5,060 Points

First, thanks for the help on this. Here is the challenge and my code that I can't figure out. Sorry about the length.

Challenge Task 1 of 2 Add a pair of script tags inside the body of the page.
<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>JavaScript Basics</title> </head> <body>

</body> </html>

I do this: <!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>JavaScript Basics</title> </head> <body> <script> document.write("welcome to Javascript") </script> </body> </html>

I get a "Well Done!"

Second part of the challenge is: Open an alert dialog with the message 'Warning!

I do this:

<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>JavaScript Basics</title> </head> <body> <script> document.write("welcome to Javascript") </script> <script> alert("Warning!") </script> </body> </html>

And, I get the error message: "Oops! It looks like Task 1 is not longer passing.

Thoughts?

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

You only need to add in the script tags exactly as the task asks you to do. "document.write" has nothing to do with this so leave it out completely. So, the first task only wants this:

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
  <script></script>
</body>
</html>

And then you just simply add in an alert box in between the script tags you placed in the first task for the second task:

<script>alert("Warning!");</script>