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JavaScript AJAX Basics (retiring) AJAX and APIs Make a JSONP request

Posted by Ben Myhre
Ben Myhre
28,726 Points

Heads up that the modern variable declaration statements (let, const) throw errors in this in the challenges.

const just said I can't do that. let threw a parsing error.

2 Answers

Adam Beer
Adam Beer
11,314 Points
Adam Beer
Adam Beer
11,314 Points

You should always use 'var' to create a variable. For example: var weatherAPI;. I think your code is good just please delete the equal to symbol.

Ben Myhre
Ben Myhre
28,726 Points
Ben Myhre
Ben Myhre
28,726 Points

You should always use 'var' to create a variable

That is not true. 'Let' is a perfectly valid way to declare a variable. In fact, it is more often viewed as the preferred method to declare a variable. Some even say that var should not be used anymore. Const could be considered a constant and not a variable, but in other courses here, const has been referred to as a variable, so I was going with it.

Adam Beer
Adam Beer
11,314 Points
Adam Beer
Adam Beer
11,314 Points

You're right. I was not understandable. I meant that in this challenge "You should always use 'var' to create a variable". I was thinking about here the 'var' keyword.