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Beginner · 8 min

Your first JavaScript message

Display text and read a program from top to bottom.

Display a message

A program is a set of instructions. console.log() displays a value in the output area. Text inside matching quotation marks is called a string.

console.log("Hello, Ada!");

Output

Hello, Ada!

Read in order

Instructions run from top to bottom. Single and double quotes both create strings. The quotes and semicolons belong to the code; they are not displayed.

console.log('Ready');
console.log('Go');

Output

Ready
Go

Put it into practice

  1. Predict the output of each example before running it.
  2. Complete the coding task, then try the practice questions.

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Display a greeting

Display the exact string "Hello, Ada!" using console.log().

Practice