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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Introducing JavaScript The JavaScript Console

Posted by Ann Le
Ann Le
Courses Plus Student 760 Points

Windows doesn't show the syntax error

I'm on the course that shows how to open the console , and will show errors in the syntax. However when I preview, and follow through with opening the console log, there shows no errors...

Thank you!

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

Are you sure you're doing something that would cause an error?

Ann Le
Ann Le
Courses Plus Student 760 Points

Am just following through the instructional video on opening the console on Windows. The error is already pre-written in Workspace. The purpose of this video is to show how to use the browser console to identify the problem.

Basically my screen doesn't match what the video shows even though I follow step by step :(

3 Answers

Janice Childers
Janice Childers
18,958 Points
Janice Childers
Janice Childers
18,958 Points

The workspace includes the corrected scripts.js file, which is why you don't get an error. If you change "document.write" to "document.rite" and remove the first double quote inside the alert, it will produce the error.

Haley Ward
Haley Ward
Treehouse Project Reviewer
Haley Ward
Haley Ward
Treehouse Project Reviewer

Ann,

I just opened up the same course and opened up the workspace. If I go into the dev tools and open up the console - I get an error: missing ) after argument list. If you aren't getting any errors in your console, then I would suggest checking to see if there are any changes to your JavaScript in scripts.js.

Here is the original JavaScript: alert(hello there"); document.rite("No it works!");

Also, are you using Google Chrome like Dave is?

Lucas Leniek
Lucas Leniek
1,028 Points

I have Windows and using Chrome and my console shows a error saying "favicon 8, located /favicon8.fvi.etc." but it doesn't show my Javascript file on my workspace when I saved it?