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JavaScript

Posted by Miriam Allman
Miriam Allman
Courses Plus Student 1,761 Points

why is my Alert not showing up in browser - I see file not found

<!doctype html>

<html lang="en" > <head>
<meta charset="utf-8"> <title> My Page</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="application.css"> <script type="text/javascript" alert ('Hello World!'); </script> </head>

<body>

</body> </html>

Luke Hayes
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Luke Hayes
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 1,230 Points

You didn't close your opening script tag. After where you have type="text/javascript" you need to add a closing bracket like this >

There may be mistakes that I've made because I'm learning myself but your HTML file should look more like this:

<!doctype html>

<html lang="en" >
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
 <title> My Page</title>
 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="application.css">
<script type="text/javascript">
alert ('Hello World!'); 
</script>
 </head>

<body>

</body>
</html>