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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Introducing JavaScript Write Another Program

Posted by Travis Wellcome
Travis Wellcome
Courses Plus Student 536 Points

Do i write the alert inside the script of script.js. As i am trying to complete task 2 it says task 1 is not valid. Help

here is my line of code -

<script src="script.js" <>/script> <script> alert('Warning!'); </script>

as i am trying to complete task 2 it says oops! it looks like task 1 is no longer passing...why?? Do i have to have the alert inside the src? please help. thank you

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="script.js" ></script>
  <script>
    alert('Warning!');
   </script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points

The challenge asked you to add one set of script tags, but you have two. Also, your first set has a "src" property intended to load in an external file, which was not asked for in the challenge.

Did you paste that in from somewhere unrelated to the challenge?