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

Posted by Dwayne Bullock
Dwayne Bullock
1,950 Points

write a alert message inside of shout.js file.

try to write alert inside of shout.js file. Don't know what i am doing wrong.

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"></script>
  <script>
    alert("I DID IT");
  </script>



</body>
</html>
shout.js

2 Answers

Antonio De Rose
Antonio De Rose
20,884 Points
Antonio De Rose
Antonio De Rose
20,884 Points

take off the additional script tag

<!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"></script>
    alert("I DID IT");
  </script>
</body>
</html>
Dwayne Bullock
Dwayne Bullock
1,950 Points

thanks

Karim Bostan
Karim Bostan
20,430 Points
Karim Bostan
Karim Bostan
20,430 Points

Hi Dwayne Bullock;

you wrote the code in the right way but you wrote alert('I DID IT'); inside 'index.html' file. The challenge here wants you to write it inside 'shout.js' file.

index.html file will be like this:

<!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"></script>
</body>
</html>

shout.js will be like this

alert('I DID IT!');
Dwayne Bullock
Dwayne Bullock
1,950 Points

thanks