Why is this not working?

[freddythenoob]

Why  is this code not working? I followed this tutorial: https://doc.babylonjs.com/tutorials/creating_a_basic_scene and I used textmate to write it ( I am on a mac ). When I open it it takes me to a blank web page. 

[Nesh108]

Hey @freddythenoob, I'd say it's probably because you have called 'babylon.js' as 'babylon.custom.js'.

[freddythenoob]

Thats not the code I pictured the code in question is basic scene, anyway I renamed it and there was no difference, I am probably being extremely stupid but oh well

[JohnK]

If any, what are the error messages in your console ? If you look at the page source what do you get?

[freddythenoob]

There are no errors in my console, on the web page I can inspect and all the same code it there but it only displays a white screen

[hit2501]

Are you using a web server (like apache-xampp)?

Sites with Babylon need a web server to test and check the scene.

For Xampp you can:

Go to 'control panel' then mark 'Start' for Apache and MySQL

Copy your project folder into 'C:/xampp/htdocs' folder

Call (index.html) in the browser as: localhost/YOURPROJECTNAME

[JohnK]

11 hours ago, hit2501 said:

Sites with Babylon need a web server to test and check the scene.

Not true. I work with babylon.js locally all the time.

[gryff]

@freddythenoob : Hi freddy,, welcome to the forum

I'm sure the code experts will help you, but just a thought from a code dummy:

Try moving the "babylon.js"  (or whatever you call it) script below the "hand.js" and "cannon.js" scripts. in your html file

cheers, gryff

[LoloDev]

You have to put all your inside  window.onload, because your browser is not already when you call document.getElementById("renderCanvas").

Ie:

window.onload = function () {

    var canvas = document.getElementById("renderCanvas");

    ...

}