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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Introducing JavaScript Link to an External Script

Alistair Murphy
Alistair Murphy
743 Points
Posted by Alistair Murphy
Alistair Murphy
743 Points

What is my mistake?

Kinda new to coding and stuck, yeah i know, noob. it says task one is no longer passing yet after i try it it pops up saying "yay i did it" in an alert box above the page. making me think yeah this is right ? ...no?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="shout.js"></script>
  <script>
   alert ("I DID IT!");
  </script>
</body>
</html>
shout.js

1 Answer

Chris Lawton
Chris Lawton
10,372 Points
Chris Lawton
Chris Lawton
10,372 Points

You're really close!

Just move 

alert ("I DID IT!");

in to the shout.js file (it's the tab next to index.html) and then delete the empty <script></script> tag from index.html