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

Posted by Sarthak Handa
Sarthak Handa
1,884 Points

upon preview, the javascript didn't run. there was no popup diaogue box and no text

upon preview, the javascript didn't run. there was no popup diaogue box and no text

Sarthak Handa
Sarthak Handa
1,884 Points

Hi, Brendan Whiting // code start alert("Hello_World"); document.write("Welcome_How are you??"); // code end this I had written in scripts.js Also index.html has included scripts.js

7 Answers

Nejc Vukovic
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Nejc Vukovic
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Nejc Vukovic
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Nejc Vukovic
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Clearing your browser Cache could do the trick :)

Mike Murray
Mike Murray
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Mike Murray
Mike Murray
1,171 Points

Clearing my cache worked right away - thank you!

Sarthak Handa
Sarthak Handa
1,884 Points
Sarthak Handa
Sarthak Handa
1,884 Points

Hi, Brendan Whiting // code start alert("Hello_World"); document.write("<h1>Welcome_How are you??</h1>"); // code end this I had written in scripts.js Also index.html has included scripts.js <script src="scripts.js"></script>

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Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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Maybe you need to save the file and refresh. In the workspace, if there's a little orange dot beside the file name tab that means its unsaved, so if you click on the preview button you won't be previewing that version yet.

Sarthak Handa
Sarthak Handa
1,884 Points

No, I am sorry to say. Even upon saving and refreshing it didn't worked. Could it an issue of Web browser? I am using Google Chrome

Kieran Corcoran
Kieran Corcoran
11,188 Points
Kieran Corcoran
Kieran Corcoran
11,188 Points

Hi,

You may want to double check the HTML file is linked to the Scripts.js file correctly. I rarely use workspaces and prefer to use a code editor, tend to have less of these issue.

Kieran Corcoran
Kieran Corcoran
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Kieran Corcoran
Kieran Corcoran
11,188 Points

Hi,

Also, did you save the file before previewing? You need to save the file first.

Jason DeValadares
Jason DeValadares
7,190 Points
Jason DeValadares
Jason DeValadares
7,190 Points

I had this issue too. I had to close down the workspace after saving and then re-launching it.

Nejc Vukovic
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Nejc Vukovic
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 51,574 Points

Or cache clearing works also. And it's a bit faster.

Sometimes it happens that the preview loads the cached version and not the changed version.

Arvid Andrè Borgersen
Arvid Andrè Borgersen
4,237 Points
Arvid Andrè Borgersen
Arvid Andrè Borgersen
4,237 Points

Hi,

I had the same issue when i were browsing TeamTreeHouse and the workspace in Google Chrome's "Incognito mode". Switching from Incognito to regular browsing seemed to do the trick in my situation.

Hope this helps.

Best regards Arvid A. Borgersen