jQuery simple function wont work

Question

Why wont an alert box pop up when happen when I 'Click me'?

Im a total noob at javascript/jquery but im trying to learn a bit I just found this example in a tutorial but it wont work

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Answer 1

You need to return false from the click handler or the page might get redirected:

$("a").click(function() {
    alert("Hello world!");
    return false;
});

Also don't forget to include jQuery in the head section:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

Answer 2

You also need to put your code inside $(document).ready, like this:

$(document).ready(function() {
    $("a").click(function(){
        alert("Hi");
        return false;
    })
});

Otherwise the code won't be properly bound to the event, since it will try to bind it when the page still hasn't loaded.