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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Introducing JavaScript Write Another Program

Posted by Dallas Caldwell
Dallas Caldwell
Courses Plus Student 438 Points

<script src="scripts.js"></script> <script alert("Warning!");></script> Task 1 won't work?

I'm not quite sure what i'm 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="scripts.js"></script>
  <script
          alert("Warning!");></script>
</body>
</html>

5 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there! Just to be clear, there should be exactly one set of script tags in your code. The first set of <script> tags you have link to an external JavaScript file which likely does not exist in this context. This was not asked for by the challenge and including more than one set of script tags will cause the challenge to fail regardless of what is inside of them. You should only have the line provided by Calin Bogdan

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

Calin Bogdan
Calin Bogdan
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Calin Bogdan
Calin Bogdan
14,921 Points

Hello!

You have to put the code between the script tags, like so:

<script>alert("Warning!");</script>
Todd Anderson
Todd Anderson
4,260 Points
Todd Anderson
Todd Anderson
4,260 Points

you don't need the <script> src=.... part fort his example. just <script>alert("Warning!")</script>

Dallas Caldwell
Dallas Caldwell
Courses Plus Student 438 Points

ohhhh okay thank you.

Todd Anderson
Todd Anderson
4,260 Points
Todd Anderson
Todd Anderson
4,260 Points

Hi! You seem to have forgotten the closing > on your opening <script tag (just like this).

Dallas Caldwell
Dallas Caldwell
Courses Plus Student 438 Points

so it should look like:

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

???