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Joy Miller
6,612 PointsShouldn't the attribute selectors be a string? $("[name='newsletter']"). Video and teacher notes exclude those outer "
Shouldn't the attribute selectors be a string? $("[name='newsletter']"). Both the video and teacher notes exclude those outer quotes and say that this is the correct format:
$([name='newsletter'])
However, api.jquery.com gives this as one of their attribute selector examples: $( "input[value='Hot Fuzz']" ).next().text( "Hot Fuzz" );
...so I'm assuming that the attribute selectors DO need to be strings, just like other types (tags, classes, and IDs).
Lee Zamastil
21,628 PointsThanks for clarifying this, Joy. This is the third correction needed in the first four videos.
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsTagging Aisha Blake and Andrew Chalkley
Aisha Blake
Treehouse Guest TeacherThanks for tagging me, Jason! There's not much I can do about this right now, but hopefully someone on staff (I'm a guest teacher) will be able to fix this relatively quickly.
I'm sorry to those who were confused by this! In the future, I'll have to be better about running every single line of code (even if I'm not using it in a working example) just in case.
Lee Zamastil you mentioned other errors? Would you mind describing them or sending a message to support? Several people check these courses before they're released, but it's pretty likely that things will slip through the cracks. I imagine that's even more true with teachers new to the platform like me!
Lee Zamastil
21,628 PointsAisha Blake, happily the issues mentioned have been addressed in the community questions sections. The first is regarding "Items do not change when clicked". Jessica, a user, provided the solution. The second issue is "Error in Workspace Code". User Matthew provided both the problem and the answer. And Joy helped explain this one about the selectors as a string.
Andrew Chalkley
Treehouse Guest TeacherI've updated the teacher's notes, hopefully that'll clear up some confusion.
2 Answers
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 PointsYes, they definitely need to be, otherwise things will get interpreted as variables and arrays, etc.
Matt Ramsden
14,152 PointsYes indeed it should
Oliver Duncan
16,642 PointsOliver Duncan
16,642 PointsI could be wrong, but I think either one works. Maybe jQuery supports a lot of different formats for its selectors. I know, for instance, that single quotes also work for selecting an element (i.e. $('form').submit). Bottom line: pick one way of formatting your selectors and stick to it.