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kerry bennett
1,976 Pointsjs alert does not show in browser when launched
js alert does not show in browser when launched
3 Answers
Michael Afanasiev
Courses Plus Student 15,596 PointsHi Kerry,
Could you please share your code?
kerry bennett
1,976 Pointsthe code is fine it must be work space itself. i ran the code in note++ and works fine. Thanks for your help.
kerry bennett
1,976 Pointsalert("welcome to javascript");
Michael Afanasiev
Courses Plus Student 15,596 PointsDid you link your .js file in your html code?
<script src="javascript.js"></script>
kerry bennett
1,976 Pointsyes. i tried with html and the java document.
Michael Afanasiev
Courses Plus Student 15,596 PointsAre you using Workspaces/code editor or you are doing a quiz? Could you please post the full html code along with your JavaScript code?
kerry bennett
1,976 Pointsi saved as .js file. it just display's the text i wrote such as alert(); . no alert box just text.
this was the code: alert("welcome to javascript"); like i wrote html.
Michael Afanasiev
Courses Plus Student 15,596 PointsI understand, but I still need to see your code.
kerry bennett
1,976 Pointskerry bennett
1,976 Points<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css"> <title>JavaScript Basics</title> <script src="scripts.js"></script> <script>alert("welcome to javascript!");</script> </head> <body> <div class="container"> <h1>Where to place your JavaScript code.</h1> </div> </body> </html>
the alert script does not work..