Disclaimer: Complete jQuery/JavaScript noob here, but heavily
experienced developer overall. (And I have been googling around
finding similar questions, but nothing from those exchanges can get
this basic hello-world example working.)
Platform: FireFox 2.0.0.12 on Windows XP
Here is what I had after the first suggested enhancement, namely
adding an alert on a click:
<pre>
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/
javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$("a").click(function() {
alert("Hello world!");
});
});
</script>
</
head>
<body>
<--- we will add our HTML content here -->
</
body>
</html>
</pre>
My first question is about the comment in the instructions that says:
"This should show the alert as soon as you click on the link.". I do
not see any link. No big deal, I added one.
My next question is simply that once I do add a link:
<pre>
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/
javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$("a").click(function() {
alert("Hello world!");
});
});
</script>
</
head>
<body>
<--- we will add our HTML content here -->
<a href="">nowhere</a>
</
body>
</html>
</pre>
... I still do not get an alert.
I do get an alert if I add the suggested alternative:
<pre>
<a href="" onclick="alert('Hello world')">Link</a>
</pre>
...and then click on the link, so that much is working.
I ended up on this tutorial after experiencing the same thing on the
"How jQuery Works" tutorial, by the way.
Any help appreciated.
