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Colin Johnson
901 PointsThe Javascript course I completed won't update that I've completed all the sections and points earned, any ideas why?
There is 5 sections in the Javascript Basic Course, and I have completed all the sections with passing colors. The website isn't updating saying I completed the course, it still says I only completed 2 and a half sections, any ideas on how to get it to update?
4 Answers
Dave McFarland
Treehouse TeacherThat is strange. The JavaScript Basics course has a total of 655 points and I can see from your profile that you haven't been awarded all of those. In can see you have badges for the first two stages but not the rest.
To complete each stage you have to take all of the quizzes and code challenges for that stage. Go to the course page: http://teamtreehouse.com/library/javascript-basics
Each stage lists the number of steps you've completed. Click to expand the stage listing and you should be able to see which steps aren't completed.
Colin Johnson
901 PointsOkay, yes you are right I must complete every challenge and objective for it to update, thank you!
But this surfaces another small issue, there is a couple objectives where I'm quite sure I was inputting the correct code to move on and it continued to say error, now I apologize if I am just wrong on the code but I really think I'm putting the correct thing and it still saying I'm wrong.
example: at Making Decisions with Conditional Statements- Introducing Conditional Statements on objective two it asks
"Add a conditional statement that opens an alert dialog box with the message "You are correct" when the answer contains the string 'JavaScript'."
and my answer is:
var answer = prompt('What is the best programming language?');
if (answer==='Javascript') {
alert('You are correct!');
}
and I keep getting an error that says:
"Bummer! Did you use === to compare the answer with the string 'JavaScript' like this: answer==='JavaScript"
I'm pretty sure that's the correct code, but it wont let me progress
Dave McFarland
Treehouse TeacherHi Colin,
This is one of the annoying things about programming: computers are really picky. If you look closely at your answer, you'll see that you're missing an uppercase "S" in "JavaScript". It should be
if (answer === 'JavaScript')
Colin Johnson
901 PointsOh my gosh! haha I feel like an idiot. Well now I know how strict it can be, thank you for your time on this for something so miniscule!
And thanks again for the tutorial!
Colin
Colin Johnson
901 PointsHey Dave,
Thanks for the prompt response and thank you for the intuitive tutorial, I really learned a lot.
Yea I'm pretty sure it's the Javascript Basics course- http://teamtreehouse.com/library/javascript-basics The green bar is only up to the third segment, and it says I have 461 points when I've completed everything else except maybe one or two challenges.
It's not a big deal, but just was wondering if this was a known issue or a quick fix to why it's not updating?
And no worries, do you have an ETA for another Javascript course?
Thanks Colin
Dave McFarland
Treehouse TeacherJust checked your profile and saw that it was the JS basics course. Sorry about that. Check out my new message below. Let me know which steps aren't listed as finished and I'll look into this -- clearly you should be getting the points if you finished the steps. Thanks!!!