We've covered a lot of material so far and

you've learned enough to start programming on your own.

It's time for you to create a simple application that retrieves visitor

feedback, combines or concatenates that

feedback to create a longer string that you print to the browser window.

In this challenge you'll be building a StoryMaker program.

It's like the popular kids activity called Mad Libs.

You'll ask for various types of words like an adjective to describe something,

a verb for action, and a noun.

A person supplies words but doesn't know how the words will be used.

When they're done answering the words will be used to create a funny and silly story.

Each time you load the page and

the program asks questions, you'll get a new result.

Let's take a look at the components for this game.

Create a variable and capture input.

You'll need to use the prompt method to ask for a word.

You'll store the input in a variable.

Create a variable for each piece of input.

For each word you ask for, you'll need to use a new variable.

Add an alert to tell the visitor when they're finished.

Use the alert method to pop up a dialog box letting the visitor know that he or

she has finished answering the questions.

Combine the input with other strings to create a message.

You'll need to use the plus symbol to concatenate the visitors responses into

a longer message.

You can either copy the example sentence you see in this demo or

you can create your own.

Ask as many questions as you like.

And make your story as long as you'd like.

Print the story to the browser window.

Use the document.write command to print the final story to the page.

Now, don't try to write this program all at once.

I mean, don't just sit down and

try to write every line of code and then test to see if you got it right.

Good programmers break a program down into small parts.

They build that part and make sure it works before continuing to the next part.

There's much to do in this challenge so just start by creating a variable and

storing input from the prompt command.

You can test to make sure it works by using document.write to write the value of

the variable to the window.

If that works then add another variable and capture another word.

See if you can combine both variables and

print the concatenated result to the browser window.

I've created a workspace for this challenge.

Just click the launch workspace button.

The workspace has an index.html file and a file named instructions.txt.

It has instructions for this challenge.

You should create a new external JavaScript file named story.js.

And put your programming in it.

Then make sure you link that file to the index.html file.

I've given you a lot to do.

But this challenge is a great way to practice what you've learned so far.

In the next video I'll show you one solution to this challenge.

Good luck.