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

Posted by Jake Reynolds
Jake Reynolds
2,860 Points

Where do I put the alert?

I dont know exactly where to put it. It keeps messing up question 1 when i check.

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">alert(I DID IT!);</script>
</body>
</html>
shout.js 
alert(I DID IT!);
Noe Tim
Noe Tim
1,597 Points
Noe Tim
Noe Tim
1,597 Points

alert("I DID IT!");

You always indeed need quotation marks if you're wanting to write text.

1 Answer

Joseph Davidson
Joseph Davidson
8,667 Points
Joseph Davidson
Joseph Davidson
8,667 Points

First of all you're adding the alert twice. In the script tag and in the shout JS file. This is not necessary. Remove the alert(I DID IT!) from in between the script tags. Second, you should put quotation marks around the "I DID IT!" like this:

alert('I DID IT!');

Hope this helps.