Debugging in ICE: The Red X
A red X next to your code means ICE sees a problem that will stop your code from running. Let’s write some really bad JavaScript to demonstrate this. Enter the following line below START CODING ON THE NEXT LINE.
| | bad()javascript |
That’s some bad JavaScript!
Are you wondering why? It’s bad because you should never have a word come after the parentheses. If you write code like this, ICE will show a red X next to the line with the problem to indicate that line has to be fixed. Moving the mouse pointer over the red X will display the actual error message, such as “missing ; before statement.”
ICE won’t tell you that you ...
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