Output using console.log in Javascript - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Output using console.log

📖 Scenario: You want to greet your friend by showing a message on the screen using JavaScript.

🎯 Goal: Learn how to use console.log to display messages in the browser console.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a variable with a greeting message

Use console.log to show the message

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Developers use <code>console.log</code> to check values and debug their code while building websites or apps.

💼 Career

Knowing how to output messages helps you understand program flow and is a basic skill for any programming job.

1

Create a greeting message

Create a variable called greeting and set it to the string "Hello, friend!".

Javascript

# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use const to create a variable and put the message inside double quotes.

2

Use console.log to show the greeting

Write a line using console.log to display the variable greeting.

Javascript

const greeting = "Hello, friend!";
// Your code here

Need a hint?

Use console.log(greeting); to print the message to the console.

3

Add a second message

Create a new variable called secondMessage and set it to "Welcome to JavaScript!". Then use console.log to display it.

Javascript

const greeting = "Hello, friend!";
console.log(greeting);
// Your code here

Need a hint?

Create the variable with const and print it with console.log.

4

Show both messages in the console

Run the program and check that the console shows both messages: Hello, friend! and Welcome to JavaScript!.

Javascript

const greeting = "Hello, friend!";
console.log(greeting);
const secondMessage = "Welcome to JavaScript!";
console.log(secondMessage);
// Your code here

Need a hint?

Open the browser console to see the messages printed one after the other.