ReferenceError: document is not defined (JavaScript in VS Code)

Question

Im learning JS. Found a good video "JavaScript Programming - Full Course" and stucked at the 2nd part where I need to use DOM. I have the HTML document, in i refered to the JS file. Other stuff working well, but this:

let messageEL = document.getElementById("message-el")

Always get this error:

ReferenceError: document is not defined

I installed live server, and it works one time, than stops.

What can I do, to fix this? Do I need to download some extension? Please tell me the solution as simple as u can Im at the beginning of the learning path.

This is the code and the error

node is to run JS only documents, outside a browser. Also please post code, not images of code (in general) — user5734311
– user5734311, Commented Mar 2, 2022 at 10:37
Does this answer your question? Node.js document is not defined — user5734311
– user5734311, Commented Mar 2, 2022 at 12:27

AKX · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-02 10:36:35Z

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In your screenshot, you're attempting to run the script using Node.js (the server-side JavaScript executable).

Since you say you're running live-server, you should be looking at your browser instead, not trying to run your code via Node.

answered Mar 2, 2022 at 10:36

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3 Comments

user5734311 Over a year ago

This is definitely a dupe

user5734311 Over a year ago

Dupe: stackoverflow.com/questions/32126003/…

AKX Over a year ago

@ChrisG That's indeed a dupe of the question, but the accepted top answer alludes to using browserify, which wouldn't help OP at all.

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