When my Javascript should be executing... nothing happens

Question

I'm creating a web push notification setup on my website, and honestly I've never had this issue javascript before that I'm encountering. Essentially what is happening here is that when javascript should be invoking the called method, nothing is happening. Not even a try-catch is catching an error.

test.html

Here is where I'm attempting to call the method from. If you will notice, in the <head> tag I referenced the js file that has the method.

<html>
    <head>
        <script src="notify.js"></script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <script type="text/javscript">
            document.write("Test #1");
            try {
                document.write(sendUnsent()); 
                document.write("Test #2");
            } catch (error) {
                document.write(error);
            }
        </script>
    </body>
</html>

notify.js

This is where I'm attempting to call said function called sendUnsent().

function sendUnsent()
{
    return "Hello world!";
}

My question is why is this script not executing and what possible fixes are there?

[why document.write is bad](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/802854/why-is-document-write-considered-a-bad-practice) — Barmar, May 03 '18 at 22:06
@Barmar I am not seeing Test 1 & Test 2. I left those in there to show there were tests made that were not showing. — apotter96, May 03 '18 at 22:06
@DanieleCappuccio There is nothing to be seen in the javscript console — apotter96, May 03 '18 at 22:07
It might be the misspelling of `javascript` in `text/javscript`. Either fix it or remove that attribute entirely, since Javascript is the default. — Barmar, May 03 '18 at 22:07

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 03 '18 at 23:51

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You have a typo in the type of your script tag, it should be text/javascript:

<script type="text/javascript">
    document.write("Test #1");
    try {
        document.write(sendUnsent()); 
        document.write("Test #2");
    } catch (error) {
        document.write(error);
    }
</script>

edited May 03 '18 at 23:51

Jason Aller

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answered May 03 '18 at 22:07

El Aoutar Hamza

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Thanks for catching that! The fix works. I will accept as soon as I am able – apotter96 May 03 '18 at 22:09
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The question should just be closed as a typo. – Barmar May 03 '18 at 22:10
@Barmar, I don't know if I have the privilege to close it. – El Aoutar Hamza May 03 '18 at 22:12
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you don't, but we do. – Barmar May 03 '18 at 22:13

When my Javascript should be executing... nothing happens

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