# Need basic instruction on how the lessons progress

**URL:** <https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/need-basic-instruction-on-how-the-lessons-progress/291964>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [July 4, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/need-basic-instruction-on-how-the-lessons-progress/291964 "2019-07-04T01:01:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![LeeAnn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@LeeAnn](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/LeeAnn)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/need-basic-instruction-on-how-the-lessons-progress/291964/1 "2019-07-04T01:01:55Z")

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**Tell us what’s happening:**

Hi, I’m starting on my first lessons. I see the instructions, but do not get whether there is a way to progress through them by forwarding to the next step (I don’t see a “continue” button to go to the next lesson, building on the last) or if each new step is independent of the last. Thanks for your help.

**Your code so far**

```auto

// Example
var ourName;

// Declare myName below this line
var ourName; 

```

**Your browser information:**

User Agent is: `Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.14; rv:67.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/67.0`.

**Link to the challenge:**  
[https://learn.freecodecamp.org/javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/basic-javascript/declare-javascript-variables](https://learn.freecodecamp.org/javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/basic-javascript/declare-javascript-variables)

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**Author:** ![katieyang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/katieyang/32/61484_2.png) [@katieyang](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/katieyang)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/need-basic-instruction-on-how-the-lessons-progress/291964/2 "2019-07-04T01:14:20Z")

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You progress through by pressing the “Run the Tests” button on the left (beneath the lesson/instructions; it’s green). Then it will either tell you what tests you’ve failed, or if successful, a box will pop up that has a button that says “Submit and go to the next challenge”.

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**Author:** ![eoja](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/eoja/32/135387_2.png) [@eoja](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/eoja)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/need-basic-instruction-on-how-the-lessons-progress/291964/3 "2019-07-04T03:07:27Z")

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@katieyang is right, but also you need to enter the correct code to pass the test. Your code is wrong, you need to:  
“ Use the `var` keyword to create a variable called `myName` .”

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**Author:** ![ILM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/ilm/32/363239_2.png) [@ILM](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/ILM)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/need-basic-instruction-on-how-the-lessons-progress/291964/4 "2021-01-17T09:34:01Z")

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Closed on January 17, 2021, 9:34am UTC