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user3188223

Reputation: 1

JavaScript Failure

I try to learn how to write Javascript but I have found a problem either so basic I would never think about it or so complicated that I lack the knowladge to find it.

I am Using NetbeansIDE 8.0 .

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
      xmlns:h="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/html">
    <head>
        <title>Objekt Navigator</title>
    </head>
    <body>
    Something<br/>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
        document.write("Text");
        alert("Bla bla");
    </script> 
    Else<br/>
    </body>
</html>

If the compiled page is opened it will only display "Something" and "Else" but nothing of the script. If I remove "document.write("Text");" it will show the alert but there is no wrong wording in "document.write". I really need one (or more) pointers to understand this.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 33

Answers (1)

Jeremy J Starcher
Jeremy J Starcher

Reputation: 23863

Pointer 1:

Don't use document.write. Really. It has been archaic and obsolete for at least 15 years, if not 20. Use regular DOM methods.

Whatever tutorial you found that in, choose something else.

Pointer 2: Don't use XHTML. Use the HTML5 Doctype. The XHTML one does some very weird things with JavaScript -- IF the file is being served as XHTML.

Lastly: your code works just fine for me. If this is not the exact code that you are using in your tests, look at your console.log to see if you have an error somewhere.

Upvotes: 1

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