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

YI JIANG
YI JIANG
3,424 Points
Posted by YI JIANG
YI JIANG
3,424 Points

when I click the preview,Why there is nothing show up?

please tell me why?

Julian Gutierrez
Julian Gutierrez
19,201 Points
Julian Gutierrez
Julian Gutierrez
19,201 Points

Can you please post your code so we can better assist you?

Giorgi Kiknadze
Giorgi Kiknadze
Courses Plus Student 2,768 Points

Add your code and I can help you.

Robert Bishop
Robert Bishop
959 Points

I had the same problem. You have to click File --> Save first. Then preview.

Christopher Denny
Christopher Denny
10,460 Points
Christopher Denny
Christopher Denny
10,460 Points

One thing I suggest is selecting the "index.html" page and previewing that since javascript has no default display properties and leaves that up to the html.

If you are already doing this, I would suggest double-checking and ensuring that the javascript file is linking properly in your HTML file i.e. <script src = "script.js"> and placing this at the end of your html file inside of the <body> tag.

If you're still having issues, it's likely the Javascript not running because there is an error somewhere in your code, in which to properly deduce what the issue is, we will need to see your code.

Wish you the best, Yi! -Christopher Denny

4 Answers

Jonathan Wright
Jonathan Wright
5,853 Points
Jonathan Wright
Jonathan Wright
5,853 Points

Make sure you are not running any sort of adblockers on your team treehouse pages. I have found that this will cause issues with some of my code.

Denise Edwards
Denise Edwards
4,924 Points
Denise Edwards
Denise Edwards
4,924 Points

This was my problem exactly!

I use Adblocker on Google Chrome. When I excluded blocking from all pages in the teamtreehouse.com/* domain, and refreshed the preview page it started working :)

George Nono
George Nono
11,256 Points
George Nono
George Nono
11,256 Points

Hi

I have figured this out, I had the same problem. I'm not sure if you fixed it or not but this is what I did.

I created a new workspace - I made a file and titled it "index.html" - I added the following: <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head></head> <body> <script src='scripts.js'></script> </body> </html>

I then created another file and titled it "scripts.js" - I typed in the alert and the document.write and it worked.

If you have any questions please contact me.

Sandeep Kankatala (ESU Admin)
Sandeep Kankatala (ESU Admin)
1,713 Points
Sandeep Kankatala (ESU Admin)
Sandeep Kankatala (ESU Admin)
1,713 Points

I faced the same problem.

Step 1: I renamed the scripts.js file to myscripts.js

Step 2: Change the file name in the src attribute in index.html. Save changes.

Step 3: Click on Preview button. If the browser opens up a blank page, then add /index.html.

It should like http://port-80-xxxxxxx.treehouse-app.com/index.html and then hit enter.

Emmanuel Okonkwo
Emmanuel Okonkwo
Courses Plus Student 39 Points

Didn't want to clear my cache so did this and it worked perfectly. Thanks

Jared Lenover
Jared Lenover
2,120 Points
Jared Lenover
Jared Lenover
2,120 Points

My alert command didn't seem to work properly when I was in Firefox. (Might just be my settings.)

I logged into Treehouse in Chrome and tried again. Worked. :)