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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Introducing JavaScript Your First JavaScript Program

Christopher Flores
Christopher Flores
6,898 Points
Posted by Christopher Flores
Christopher Flores
6,898 Points

Not sure what it needs me to do...

There's no scripts.ja tab... that's where I'd write * document.write("Welcome to my site"); * correct?

Within the <script> tag I wrote * scripts.js * to see if it would make that tag but it didn't show up in the preview.

I have an idea of what it wants me to do, just not how to do it with only an html tab.

pls help :(

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

<body>
</body>

<script document.write("Welcome to my site");>
// Write your code here.

</script>

</html>

4 Answers

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
15,444 Points

You need to ensure the code has been entered in between the script starting and closing tags. As per below:

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

<body>
</body>

<script>
// Write your code here.
document.write("Welcome to my site");
</script>

</html>
Ruben Ponce
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Ruben Ponce
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 12,035 Points
Ruben Ponce
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Ruben Ponce
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 12,035 Points

We reserve the inside of the opening tags of HTML elements for these things called attributes. Like id="submit-button" and class="main-content". Your code doesn't work because the browser is trying to interpret the code as an attribute rather than a script. So all you need to do is put the code within the script tags. <script> //code here </script>

Christopher Flores
Christopher Flores
6,898 Points
Christopher Flores
Christopher Flores
6,898 Points

Thanks guys

I suppose I was just overthinking it. And I wasn't aware you could write a JavaScript statement inside html the same way.

appreciate it

Habiballah Hezarehee
Habiballah Hezarehee
7,193 Points
Habiballah Hezarehee
Habiballah Hezarehee
7,193 Points

The <script> tag is used to tell the browser you are going to use javascript, and then the browser will look for any javascript codes which are placed inside the <script> tag </script> to compile. Edit your code as follow: <script> document.write('Hello World'); </script>

But on the other hand you may be able to attach a js file to your index.html file by using the src attribute in your <script> tag as follow: <script src="file.js"></script> And then write your own code in the file.js file which can be also compiled correctly. For more info check out the developer.mozilla.org