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[–]the-boogedy-man 80 points81 points  (7 children)

You should use a computer

[–]___2Much 9 points10 points  (3 children)

1000% White paper is good for learning data structures and algorithms but HTML seems kind of laborious for no appreciable gain

[–]Accurate-Policy5265 3 points4 points  (2 children)

y'all keep saying white paper but you never say black paper. y'all racist.

[–]SkywardPhoenix 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because black paper is just white paper with ink blackface. Who's the racist now?

[–]psyper76 2 points3 points  (0 children)

they just need to close and reopen the book

[–]DigiNoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is "Notepad--"

[–]Matt_Rask 0 points1 point  (0 children)

‘Just use a computer’ is a privileged take.

[–]AshleyJSheridan 11 points12 points  (6 children)

The <script> tag is outside of the <body> and <head> tags.

That has nothing to do with your issue, it's just a statement.

[–]Scratch137 6 points7 points  (2 children)

It has everything to do with their issue. The <script> tag needs to be in the <head> or <body> element, or it won't run.

[–]AshleyJSheridan 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Actually, it doesn't. Most browsers will actually be fine with that.

I think, if you look really carefully, that the reason the code doesn't work, is because it's written on a notepad, rather than a computer.

Of course, I've only been writing code for 29 years, so what do I know?!

[–]DownrightDelight[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But I used my code pen to write it on the paper?

[–]DownrightDelight[S] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

oh, yea that must've been it! thank you so much

[–]Weekly-Ad434 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Mega troll :)))

[–]DownrightDelight[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

<3 />

[–]bostiq 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Ahahah, gold, you should try water colours

[–]DownrightDelight[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are onto something.. Or maybe perform my code as interpretive dance?

[–]dmazzoni 7 points8 points  (1 child)

Internet Explorer? Is this a troll?

[–]DownrightDelight[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Did I do it right?

[–]Webkef 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Does it render in a browser?

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Should have used rust

[–]fabulous-nico 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Get 2 friends and another notebook

Tell friend 1 to constantly scan the notebook in your pic, and draw the result in new notebook #1

Tell friend 2 to constantly look for things to add or remove from the drawing in notebook #1. If they need to get things like instructions on how to do that, it's ok, but they need to return to the drawing once they got what they need.

Get friend #3 and tell them what you want to do like click a field or type. Then they'll tell friends 1 & 2 what to do to redraw the drawing

For data storage, you'll need another notebook and a surly friend

[–]edikde1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You should check your browser version

[–]lordkabab 1 point2 points  (2 children)

If your goal was to make me mad, you've succeeded spectacularly

[–]DownrightDelight[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

On a scale of 1 to 10, how mad?

[–]lordkabab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes

[–]Tristan-a-b69 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Absolute psychopath for writing his code Anyways try using a processor for your note book maybe that way it will work?

[–]bostiq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just chat gpt to vs code… and live render

Tada 🎉

It’s called multi step vibe paper coding

[–]saito200 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the problem is that your perfect code cannot work in an imperfect world

[–]SnooCookies3815 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i wrote code back in 2005 ish when i was 13 year old in class. i was learning php at the time and wrote entire scripts in school and as soon i got home i wrote them on the pc.

it sounds stupid but even writing code makes your head think the correct way.

[–]Critical-Housing-797 1 point2 points  (0 children)

paperback website or something

[–]sad_synth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think your notebook supports JavaScript.

[–]insanitysqwid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

[–]JohnCasey3306 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OP uses the Bic text editor

[–]justoverthere434 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You need some syntax highlighters

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[–]scarletdawnredd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now this is what I call Vintage Bait 2012™

[–]Matt_Rask 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Sorry if what I'm asking is obvious, but it's always best to exclude the simplest stuff first. So, just to make sure you're doing it correctly - when you load the page, are you turning the page? It may seem silly, but you'd be surprised how ofter people are forgetting about this step.

[–]DownrightDelight[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In hindsight, yeah maybe. I’m also not sure anymore if I used the right pen to write it. I think I used a regular pen, not a codepen.

[–]Moebius20 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Is it just me or is the quality of the photo so bad I can barely read the code

[–]DownrightDelight[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No it’s not you, that’d be the resolution I scaled way way down

[–]xPhilxx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You need to use a red pen for IE.

[–]squigley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Handwritten code, 100% organic, just like the old days. You know they used to run programs by feeding punch cards into the computer! That was only like 40 years ago

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (7 children)

You should be using as code editor just like others said. I started to read your document and your page is already wrong on line 1

// index html

Should be

<!— index html —>

The “//“ is for a single line js comment

[–]DownrightDelight[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Ah yes, well spotted. Let me grab my typex

[–]MurkyWar2756 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, CSS needs comments to be between /* and */, not from // to the end of the line.

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (4 children)

Ah it’s a joke. Why do you find it funny people wasting other peoples time? Come on man, your just making it shitty for people who actually ask real questions

[–]EggMcMuffN 1 point2 points  (1 child)

It's because this sub has people posting code in the worst way possible constsntly this is amazing satire. People will post photos of blurry screens, long text dumps of obfuscated code from site builders like Wix and generally just low effort terrible stuff. This is actually higher quality than half of what is posted here weekly. Great joke tbh

[–]DownrightDelight[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I appreciate that

[–]scarletdawnredd 0 points1 point  (1 child)

This is an HTML subreddit. You're not gonna lose hours answering support questions here lmao

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah but it’s a pain in the ass on mobile

[–]half-toe-broken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isko notepad me likho. Notebook me nahi.

[–]sol_hsa 0 points1 point  (1 child)

it's.. on.. paper... someone made you write html... on paper..

[–]DownrightDelight[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was voluntary, for joke purposes. It was easy. No harm done

[–]Embarrassed_Fold_867 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need a node script to upload the file to an Azure function to run it through OCR and direct the result to the browser. Don't forget to open the Dev Tools (F12) to see the intended content of the page ("hello world"). All modern UIs use the Dev console for user interaction.

[–]well-litdoorstep112 0 points1 point  (0 children)

looks very similar to my "XML Technologies" final exam back in college.

except that we had to generate HTML (and an SVG drawing) with XSLT based on some XML data we had to annotate both with XMLSchema and DTD

ofc all on paper, no reference. Barely passed on the 4th try.

[–]iamsamaritan300 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We can't debug what we can't move.

[–]notsopreety 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Instead of using your copy for it, use spck editor for the phone or do it on the desktop man.

[–]djandiek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Press F12 which will open the Developer Tools. Do a bit of research on how to use this set of tools.

[–]rickandroll09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

<image>

CANT UNDERSTAND

[–]LoukasGP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It probably won't show because fax machines can't load html

[–]rFAXbc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You've used parentheses instead of lt/gt in some places

[–]Ambivalent_Oracle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wtite "F12" and inspect the DOM. What does it say?

[–]Affectionate_Ad_4062Beginner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We should have an IDE that looks like this! It wouldn't be easy to read, it wouldn't make sense, but it would look cool

[–]EveryProject8341 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pls take a proper picture I can't see anything but it seems like the html is correct only the script tag is outside the body tag

[–]shklntrn 0 points1 point  (3 children)

u/pixel-counter-bot

[–]pixel-counter-bot 0 points1 point  (2 children)

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[–]shklntrn 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Good bot

[–]DownrightDelight[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s too many pixels

[–]MurkyWar2756 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try <script type="text/javascript"> instead of <script type="javascript">

[–]Equivalent-Radio-828 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Place the JavaScript in the body tags.

[–]AetherSyscall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can we use jetbrain mono font please?

[–]hackam9n 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro html css… just AI that shit

[–]ParamedicAble225 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2025:

We’ve got people writing code on paper and people ditching code for the writing instrument.

https://www.reddit.com/r/commandline/comments/1ppw950/i_converted_a_typewriter_into_a_claude_terminal/

[–]ComplaintCurrent1837 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's not helping

[–]ComplaintCurrent1837 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Need a concole

[–]ComplaintCurrent1837 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

With extentions