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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Hello, JavaScript! Write JavaScript Statements

Posted by Tahirou Diallo
Tahirou Diallo
2,401 Points

why am I getting an error message console.log("Begin program")???

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
  </head>
  <body>
<script src="app.js"></script>
  </body>
  <body>
  console.log("Begin program").
  </body>
</html>
app.js

2 Answers

jb30
jb30
44,807 Points
jb30
jb30
44,807 Points

Try moving console.log("Begin program") to the app.js tab.

To end a line of code in JavaScript, you can use ; rather than . You also don't need multiple <body> elements in the HTML file, although the challenge does not check this.

Tahirou Diallo
Tahirou Diallo
2,401 Points

how can I move it to the app.js tab?

jb30
jb30
44,807 Points

There are two tabs directly above the line <!DOCTYPE HTML> and underneath the challenge instructions. The one on the left is labeled index.html and the one on the right is labeled app.js. Try clicking on the word app.js.

Tahirou Diallo
Tahirou Diallo
2,401 Points
Tahirou Diallo
Tahirou Diallo
2,401 Points

thanks