Debugging Fundamentals Using JavaScript Example 1

by Michael Perrenoud

HTML

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.0.min.js"></script>
<div id="output">

</div>

JavaScript

function appendBreak() {
	$output.append('<br/>');
}

var $output = $('#output');
if (!$output) {
	alert('The output DIV was not found.');
}

var x = 10;
var y = x * -2;

$output.append('x: ' + x);
appendBreak();
$output.append('y: ' + y);