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Eppu Vahtola
8,531 PointsJust JavaScript in .js-file?
Hi,
In the "Where does JavaScript go" video Dave says that .js-files can contain only JavaScript and no other languages, however in the previous lesson we used js to print out a h1 html-element on the page? So we can include html in js-files, at least some elements?
2 Answers
Ryan Field
Courses Plus Student 21,242 PointsHi, Eppu. When you are including HTML this way, it's really just strings that you are writing, which will be printed to the DOM, and thus interpreted by browsers as HTML.
Eppu Vahtola
8,531 PointsHi Ryan. Thanks for your answer. I think I understand how this works, and apparently this will be explained more in-depth in future lessons.