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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Hello, JavaScript! Write JavaScript Statements

Alfredo Galvez
Alfredo Galvez
6,145 Points
Posted by Alfredo Galvez
Alfredo Galvez
6,145 Points

I type the right command with the right syntax, yet I get that when I check my work, it tells me I haven't

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Wellcome to my website!</h1>
    <script src="app.js"></script>

  </body>
</html>
app.js 
alert("Warning! This message is going to be distroyed in");
alert("3...");
alert("2...");
alert("1...");
document.querySelector("h1").textContent = "Boom!";
//console.log("The message was distroyed!");
console.log("Begin program");
alert("I am programming!");

1 Answer

Jason Larson
Jason Larson
8,361 Points
Jason Larson
Jason Larson
8,361 Points

It's not checking your file successfully because the alert it's looking for is at the bottom of your file and you have all those other alerts at the beginning, so it's probably finding the first alert and checking the text for "I am Programming!" but it's not in the first alert. Either delete the other alerts or move the "I am Programming!" alert to the top of the file, and it should pass the check.