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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Introducing JavaScript The Console Challenge Answer

Posted by Jodi Barry
Jodi Barry
1,846 Points

Why would you use <p> vs. <h1> in a document.write string? I don't understand what you put in there and why?

Example: How do you determine which one to use? document.write("<p>My first JavaScript 'program'</p>"); OR document.write("<h1>My first JavaScript 'program'</h1>"); OR other choices (if there are any)?

2 Answers

Clayton Perszyk
MOD
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,318 Points
Clayton Perszyk
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,318 Points

<p> and <h1> are HTML tags and have different meanings:

<p> is a paragraph tag

<h1> is a level one heading (i.e. top level heading)

I would recommend going through a course on HTML, if this is causing confusion:

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/html

Jodi Barry
Jodi Barry
1,846 Points

HTML tags as far as position? Yes, I think the HTML course would help as I have not done that yet. Thanks!

Em Har
Em Har
9,775 Points
Em Har
Em Har
9,775 Points

The H1 tag will enlarge you the content in between the tags as its meant to be a "heading" to grab the viewers attention. The <p> tag will not enlarge the text and will keep it as a regular sentence.