popcodeorg / popcodeorg/popcode

Non-straight-quotes in HTML should produce more useful error message

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Description

In our class today a student's chromebook was, for some reason, set to use the international keyboard setting.

As a result she got an error nag about needing to use "s for her href attribute because the double-quotes were typed with international characters. The tag was visibly correct. Switching the chromebook to US Keyboard setting fixed the issue with visibly different " characters in the IDE.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the error in the HTML/CSS/JavaScript editor with international keyboard quote characters in an href attribute. Trace where the current quote-related error is generated and define a message that explains the visually similar characters and the expected quote characters; done means the message is more useful for this case.

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Assessment

Tech stack
html, javascript
Domain
frontend, web-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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