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

Posted by Zeyneb Majid
Zeyneb Majid
133 Points

Why is nothing being outputted even though I followed his steps exactly?

I followed the steps and copied exactly how the instructor did it, however, none of the commands worked in my workspace. After I saved and hit preview, neither alert nor document.write produced any results.

Thomas Nilsen
Thomas Nilsen
14,957 Points
Thomas Nilsen
Thomas Nilsen
14,957 Points

please show us your code

Zeyneb Majid
Zeyneb Majid
133 Points

https://gyazo.com/1a34af8b89c5dd1fc52c87f58300bc0b my code

https://gyazo.com/67e988b36a2ee03500bf0bd17d3e4d12 what shows up after i save and hit preview.

4 Answers

Thomas Nilsen
Thomas Nilsen
14,957 Points
Thomas Nilsen
Thomas Nilsen
14,957 Points

Have you included the script in your html file?

Zeyneb Majid
Zeyneb Majid
133 Points

im not sure what you mean by that, all I did was follow the steps he outlined in the video aka just wrote the alert command into the workspace

Thomas Nilsen
Thomas Nilsen
14,957 Points
Thomas Nilsen
Thomas Nilsen
14,957 Points

In your html-file. do you see something like this somewhere?

<script src="scripts.js"></script>
Zeyneb Majid
Zeyneb Majid
133 Points

yes, https://gyazo.com/a62ce8c36a17818d5933dc6268bc36bb

my code is like this however the alert command is still showing nothing

Jason Ladieu
Jason Ladieu
10,635 Points
Jason Ladieu
Jason Ladieu
10,635 Points

I am having the same issue. I think it is a bug...

Christopher Sea
Christopher Sea
3,726 Points
Christopher Sea
Christopher Sea
3,726 Points

I just started with JS today, so I may be totally off on this.

There is an alert cmd written in a script tag in the HTML file:

<script>
alert("Hey youre back for more?");
</script>

Further down in the HTML file, there is another script tag linking scripts.js (wherein you have the same alert cmd) to the webpage:

<script src="scripts.js"></script>

Is it possible these are conflicting?

Jason Ladieu
Jason Ladieu
10,635 Points

No, each script tag is self contained. They would not interfere with each other. If the alert method and the JavaScript page link were in the same script tag that would cause an issue. Great question though