# "Learning React" book Chapter 2, coding did not work **URL:** \ **Category:** web dev\ **Created:** [October 23, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/learning-react-book-chapter-2-coding-did-not-work/644667 "2020-10-23T16:56:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rampar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@rampar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rampar)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/learning-react-book-chapter-2-coding-did-not-work/644667/1 "2020-10-23T16:56:55Z")
Hello Kirupa, I am through this book, trying to learn REACT, as a beginner. THis code below did not work for me. It did not display any text when I loaded them on a webpage. > ``` > > > > > React1 > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > ``` I got some help [stackoverlow.com](http://stackoverlow.com) and found that the following code works. > ``` > > > > > React1 > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > ``` Please provide some clarification on the working code. Thanks Ram ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/learning-react-book-chapter-2-coding-did-not-work/644667/2 "2020-10-24T18:24:04Z")
If you look at the script declaration in the first example, the `src` attribute should be inside the script tag. Right now, it is outside of it. That means the scripts can’t load. If you fix that, your first example will work 😀 ---
**Author:** ![rampar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@rampar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rampar)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 4:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/learning-react-book-chapter-2-coding-did-not-work/644667/3 "2020-10-27T04:19:19Z")
Thanks. That helps!!