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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Hello, JavaScript! Write JavaScript Statements

Posted by Khalid Almalki
Khalid Almalki
173 Points

Bummer: Make sure you print 'Begin program' in the console. i did it right but it's not responding

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

2 Answers

cashcat68
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cashcat68
Courses Plus Student 4,510 Points
cashcat68
cashcat68
Courses Plus Student 4,510 Points

For this challenge, where do you 'inspect' the page so that you can see the console.log message "Being program"?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

Challenges often do not display any result, but they have a mechanism that verifies that the code does the proper thing.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

The instructions ask you to print "Begin program" to the console. Note that the string has no punctuation in it. But the code above adds an exclamation sign, which the challenge is not expecting.

Also, the instructions did not ask for an alert. For best results with all challenges, do only what the instructions ask for. Doing other things (even if the code runs) can confuse the validator and cause the submission to fail.