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JavaScript AJAX Basics (retiring) jQuery and AJAX The Office Status Project Revisited

Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points
Posted by Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points

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AJAX Basics - The Office Status Project Revisited

No obvious error .... working on Chrome browser :smile:

$(document).ready(function (){
$.getJSON('../data/employees.json', function (response){
  var statusHTML = '<ul class="bulleted">';//open ul
  $.each(response, function(index, employee){
    if(employee.inoffice === true){
      statusHTML += '<li class = "in">';//create in
    }
    else { 
            statusHTML += '<li class = "out">';//create out
    }//end if
            statusHTML += employee.name + '</li>'; 
  });//end each
       statusHTML += '</ul>';//close ul
        $('#employeeList').html = statusHTML;//update HTML
});//end JSON
});//end ready

1 Answer

Adam Mould
Adam Mould
6,292 Points
Adam Mould
Adam Mould
6,292 Points

Hi Tommy,

Change your line:

$('#employeeList').html = statusHTML;//update HTML

to ...

$('#employeeList').html(statusHTML);//update HTML

alternatively you could use ...

$('#employeeList')[0].innerHTML = statusHTML;//update HTML

document.getElementById('employeeList').innerHTML = statusHTML;//update HTML

Hope that helps.

Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points
Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points

thanks for the second pair of eyes!