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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Introducing JavaScript The JavaScript Console

Jerry Wu
Jerry Wu
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Posted by Jerry Wu
Jerry Wu
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In spite of the console.log command in my script.js file, nothing appears in JS console in Chrome. Why?

I have the following line of code written into my script.js file:

console.log("Program complete");

However, when I press CTRL + Shift + J to access JS console in my Google Chrome browser, the console box is completely empty--nothing is logged whatsoever. Why is this?

6 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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I agree with Kevin Korte. There is also the possibility that your browser cache is loading in an older version of your code as opposed to your newly altered code. Try viewing the same file in a private browsing tab or clearing your browser cache and then refresh the page. If this doesn't work, then we really will need to see your code to be able to assist you further :sparkles:

mully BENDET
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make sure you saved your work

Jerry Wu
Jerry Wu
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Jerry Wu
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I did. At this point, I am attributing it to a browser glitch and perhaps I should have just refreshed the browser to see if that would fix the issue.

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
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Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
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Are you sure you have properly linked your JS file so that the browser will actually execute it? Would need to see more of your code to know that. From my experience, very very rarely can issues be attributed to a "browser glitch", and they are always the simplest of errors on our part

Nadav Reis
Nadav Reis
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Nadav Reis
Nadav Reis
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Can you share the whole file? Is it just the one line of code?

Dawson St. Julien
Dawson St. Julien
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Dawson St. Julien
Dawson St. Julien
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Closing the preview tab in your browser and re-launching preview from workspaces seems to fix the issue. Must be a caching issue.