[jQuery] Hello world help

[jQuery] Hello world help

Dear all,


I am just about learning jquery and following the tutorials on the site. Heres the html. As per the instructions and my understanding, as soon as I click on the link, I should be receiving a pop up. However nothing comes and the link takes me to <a href="http://jquery.com">jquery.com</a>


  <html>
  <head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1[1].2.6.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
      // Your code goes here
    $(document).ready(function(){
   // Your code here
 });
 $("a").click(function(){
   alert("Thanks for visiting!");
 });










  $("a").click(function(event){
   event.preventDefault();
   alert("As you can see, the link no longer took you to <a href="http://jquery.com">jquery.com</a>");
 });




    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <a href="<a href="http://jquery.com/">jQuery</a">http://jquery.com/">jQuery</a</a>>
  </body>
  </html>






 


I would be grateful if someone can please point me to what is wrong in the code.


thanks