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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Introducing JavaScript Link to an External Script

Sydney Cray
Sydney Cray
740 Points
Posted by Sydney Cray
Sydney Cray
740 Points

where/in which line do i write the code for an alert dialog 'inside' a .js file

is it on another line? is it before the end /script?

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="shout.js"> 
    alert ("I DID IT!"); </script> 
</body>
</html>
shout.js

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

There are two files in the challenge workspace. "index.html" where the HTML code is and a file called "shout.js" which is currently empty. It is inside the "shout.js" file that you are meant to type the alert code.

You can switch to that file by clicking on the "shout.js" tab that is found near the top of the challenge workspace.