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JavaScript

I've tried about a dozen permutations and I can't get the alert-dialog-in-the-shout.js-file "I DID IT!" to work.

<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>JavaScript Basics</title> </head> <body> <script> src = shout.js </script>; <script> alert( "I DID IT!") </script>;

</html>

3 Answers

your alert is in the second script tag, not the shout.js file. get rid of the second script tag and put the alert in shout.js, which is called to by the first script tag.

I feel as if I'm too dense for this; it just isn't making sense. Think I'll try another course. Thanks for your help, though!

My answer:

<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>"JavaScript Basics"</title> </head> <body> <script src="shout.js">; </script> alert("I DID IT!");

</body> </html>

 Now I've gotten a " Well done! You're doing great!" message.  When I click on "Next Task" I get redirected to the same challenge. When I submit the same code, I get the message "Bummer! You didn't call the `alert()` function inside the `shout.js` file.