Why is it that on IE7, my javascript file does not work?

Question

No functions get called, and I can't even alert. It is just an external javascript file.

However, everything works on Firefox, Chrome and IE8.

I am using Django/python backened to serve this file. Is this a known bug from IE7?

Answer 1

Given the generic nature of the question the best answer would be found in the answer to another question:

Debugging JavaScript in IE7: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/361635/debugging-javascript-in-ie7/361671#361671

Using these debug tools you can find out exactly what is going wrong with IE7 in particular.