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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Storing and Tracking Information with Variables The Variable Challenge Solution

Kyle Vassella
Kyle Vassella
9,033 Points
Posted by Kyle Vassella
Kyle Vassella
9,033 Points

mad libs Final Project over complicated? (Javascript beginner lesson)

Hi all,

I'm on this lesson: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/javascript-basics/storing-and-tracking-information-with-variables/the-variable-challenge-solution

The goal is to make a 'Mad Libs' type game using inputs from several prompts to write a text message story onto the webpage using their words.

When I completed my code and checked the 'how to' video and was pretty surprised at how different his code was than mine. Mine still served the same purpose as his code - the only difference was that mine showed up in smaller font (still appeared in the same place though:

My code: https://w.trhou.se/v4hb8mm3n7

His code: https://w.trhou.se/d7tgd62rm4

Do you think the instructor only added all these extra steps (a 'sentence' variable?? Seemed pointless to me) to give us more practice writing variables? Or was there a reason for the added complexity to his code? If so, what makes my code incorrect for this application?

  • Kyle

1 Answer

anil rahman
anil rahman
7,786 Points
anil rahman
anil rahman
7,786 Points

He probably used the sentence variable to add in the <h2> tags and also to do all the sentence construction in the program and not the write function. Theres nothing wrong with either way of doing things, his just does the work before calling the function and adds in the tags also. Also he probably was trying to show the way you can append the string.