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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Introducing JavaScript Your First JavaScript Program

Posted by Wilfred Anorma
Wilfred Anorma
Courses Plus Student 15,730 Points

Basic JS does not output anything when previewed.

I put this in scripts.js file

alert("hello"); document.write("<h1>Welcome to JavaScript<h1>"); alert("Thanks for visiting.");

help?

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

what is the issue you are having? are you not receiving an alert button, and nothing is being written on the viewport? the code you wrote looks fine, so I don't know what your issue is. can you clarify, please. Thanks

1 Answer

Adrian Randall
Adrian Randall
4,807 Points
Adrian Randall
Adrian Randall
4,807 Points

Try this, your DOM probably isn't ready

$( document ).ready(function() { alert("hello"); document.write("Welcome to JavaScript"); alert("Thanks for visiting."); });