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

Mary Corry
Mary Corry
392 Points
Posted by Mary Corry
Mary Corry
392 Points

Bummer! There was an error with your code: SyntaxError: Parse error

Despite numerous different approaches and tries, this same message comes up, even when I'm pretty sure I'm right. What's going on? Is this something I'm doing wrong?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>

<body>
</body>

<script>
document.write(<h1>Hello World!</h1>);
</script>

</html>

1 Answer

paulscanlon
PLUS
paulscanlon
Courses Plus Student 26,735 Points
paulscanlon
paulscanlon
Courses Plus Student 26,735 Points

Hi Mary

Try this

document.write("Welcome to my site");

You needed to write Welcome to my site instead of hello world and also encapsulate it in quote marks to indicate a string.

Happy coding

Paul