Most Asked React Interview Questions 1753462069
Most Asked React Interview Questions 1753462069
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Table of Contents
No. Questions
24 What is memoization
25 What is Hoisting
34 What is IndexedDB
37 What is a cookie
41 What are the differences between cookie, local storage and session storage
51 What is a promise
64 What is promise.all
75 What is eval
79 What is isNaN
92 What are the tools or techniques used for debugging JavaScript code
141 What is the way to find the number of parameters expected by a function
150 Can you write a random integers function to print integers with in a range
168 How do you get the image width and height using JS
175 What are the ways to execute javascript after page load
186 What happens if you do not use rest parameter as a last argument
190 How do you determine two values same or not using object
197 What are the differences between freeze and seal methods
200 What is the main difference between Object.values and Object.entries method
201 How can you get the list of keys of any object
215 What is the precedence order between local and global variables
222 What are the conventions to be followed for the usage of swtich case
228 What are the different error names from error object
233 How do you perform language specific date and time formatting
246 How do you find min and max values without Math functions
No. Questions
256 What happens if you write constructor more than once in a class
274 What are the DOM methods available for constraint validation
285 How do you check whether an array includes a particular value or not
292 How do you invoke javascript code in an iframe from parent page
295 What are the different methods to find HTML elements in DOM
326 What are the problems with postmessage target origin as wildcard
340 What are the list of cases error thrown from non-strict mode to strict mode
347 How do you return all matching strings against a regular expression
349 What is the output of below console statement with unary operator
363 How do you map the array values without using map method
372 How do you display data in a tabular format using console object
382 What are the different ways to deal with Asynchronous Code
402 What is the difference between Function constructor and function declaration
414 What are the differences between arguments object and rest parameter
415 What are the differences between spread operator and rest parameter
418 What are the differences between for...of and for...in statements
1. Object constructor:
The simplest way to create an empty object is using the Object constructor. Currently this approach is not recommended.
The create method of Object creates a new object by passing the prototype object as a parameter
The object literal syntax (or object initializer), is a comma-separated set of name-value pairs wrapped in curly braces.
var object = {
name: "Sudheer"
age: 34
};
Object literal property values can be of any data type, including array, function, and nested object.
4. Function constructor:
Create any function and apply the new operator to create object instances,
function Person(name) {
this.name = name;
this.age = 21;
}
var object = new Person("Sudheer");
This is similar to function constructor but it uses prototype for their properties and methods,
function Person() {}
Person.prototype.name = "Sudheer";
var object = new Person();
This is equivalent to an instance created with an object create method with a function prototype and then call that function with an instance and
parameters as arguments.
(OR)
// If the result is a non-null object then use it otherwise just use the new instance.
console.log(result && typeof result === 'object' ? result : newInstance);
class Person {
constructor(name) {
this.name = name;
}
}
7. Singleton pattern:
A Singleton is an object which can only be instantiated one time. Repeated calls to its constructor return the same instance and this way one can
ensure that they don't accidentally create multiple instances.
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Prototype chaining is used to build new types of objects based on existing ones. It is similar to inheritance in a class based language.
The prototype on object instance is available through Object.getPrototypeOf(object) or **proto** property whereas prototype on constructors function is
available through Object.prototype .
Screenshot
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The difference between Call, Apply and Bind can be explained with below examples,
Call: The call() method invokes a function with a given this value and arguments provided one by one
invite.call(employee1, "Hello", "How are you?"); // Hello John Rodson, How are you?
invite.call(employee2, "Hello", "How are you?"); // Hello Jimmy Baily, How are you?
Apply: Invokes the function with a given this value and allows you to pass in arguments as an array
invite.apply(employee1, ["Hello", "How are you?"]); // Hello John Rodson, How are you?
invite.apply(employee2, ["Hello", "How are you?"]); // Hello Jimmy Baily, How are you?
bind: returns a new function, allowing you to pass any number of arguments
Call and apply are pretty interchangeable. Both execute the current function immediately. You need to decide whether it’s easier to send in an array or a
comma separated list of arguments. You can remember by treating Call is for comma (separated list) and Apply is for Array.
Whereas Bind creates a new function that will have this set to the first parameter passed to bind().
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JSON is a text-based data format following JavaScript object syntax, which was popularized by Douglas Crockford . It is useful when you want to transmit
data across a network and it is basically just a text file with an extension of .json, and a MIME type of application/json
JSON.parse(text);
Stringification: converting a native object to a string so it can be transmitted across the network
JSON.stringify(object);
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The slice() method returns the selected elements in an array as a new array object. It selects the elements starting at the given start argument, and ends at the
given optional end argument without including the last element. If you omit the second argument then it selects till the end.
Note: Slice method won't mutate the original array but it returns the subset as a new array.
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The splice() method is used either adds/removes items to/from an array, and then returns the removed item. The first argument specifies the array position
for insertion or deletion whereas the optional second argument indicates the number of elements to be deleted. Each additional argument is added to the
array.
let arrayIntegers1 = arrayIntegersOriginal1.splice(0, 2); // returns [1, 2]; original array: [3, 4, 5]
let arrayIntegers2 = arrayIntegersOriginal2.splice(3); // returns [4, 5]; original array: [1, 2, 3]
let arrayIntegers3 = arrayIntegersOriginal3.splice(3, 1, "a", "b", "c"); //returns [4]; original array: [1, 2, 3, "a", "b", "c", 5]
Note: Splice method modifies the original array and returns the deleted array.
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Slice Splice
Returns the subset of original array Returns the deleted elements as array
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Objects are similar to Maps in that both let you set keys to values, retrieve those values, delete keys, and detect whether something is stored at a key. Due to
this reason, Objects have been used as Maps historically. But there are important differences that make using a Map preferable in certain cases.
1. The keys of an Object are Strings and Symbols, whereas they can be any value for a Map, including functions, objects, and any primitive.
2. The keys in Map are ordered while keys added to Object are not. Thus, when iterating over it, a Map object returns keys in order of insertion.
3. You can get the size of a Map easily with the size property, while the number of properties in an Object must be determined manually.
4. A Map is an iterable and can thus be directly iterated, whereas iterating over an Object requires obtaining its keys in some fashion and iterating over
them.
5. An Object has a prototype, so there are default keys in the map that could collide with your keys if you're not careful. As of ES5 this can be bypassed by
using map = Object.create(null), but this is seldom done.
6. A Map may perform better in scenarios involving frequent addition and removal of key pairs.
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1. Two strings are strictly equal when they have the same sequence of characters, same length, and same characters in corresponding positions.
2. Two numbers are strictly equal when they are numerically equal. i.e, Having the same number value. There are two special cases in this,
1. NaN is not equal to anything, including NaN.
2. Positive and negative zeros are equal to one another.
3. Two Boolean operands are strictly equal if both are true or both are false.
4. Two objects are strictly equal if they refer to the same Object.
5. Null and Undefined types are not equal with ===, but equal with ==. i.e, null===undefined --> false but null==undefined --> true
0 == false // true
0 === false // false
1 == "1" // true
1 === "1" // false
null == undefined // true
null === undefined // false
'0' == false // true
'0' === false // false
[]==[] or []===[] //false, refer different objects in memory
{}=={} or {}==={} //false, refer different objects in memory
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An arrow function is a shorter syntax for a function expression and does not have its own this, arguments, super, or new.target . These functions are best
suited for non-method functions, and they cannot be used as constructors.
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In Javascript, functions are first class objects. First-class functions means when functions in that language are treated like any other variable.
For example, in such a language, a function can be passed as an argument to other functions, can be returned by another function and can be assigned as a
value to a variable. For example, in the below example, handler functions assigned to a listener
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First-order function is a function that doesn’t accept another function as an argument and doesn’t return a function as its return value.
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Higher-order function is a function that accepts another function as an argument or returns a function as a return value or both.
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Unary function (i.e. monadic) is a function that accepts exactly one argument. It stands for a single argument accepted by a function.
const unaryFunction = (a) => console.log(a + 10); // Add 10 to the given argument and display the value
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15. What is the currying function
Currying is the process of taking a function with multiple arguments and turning it into a sequence of functions each with only a single argument. Currying is
named after a mathematician Haskell Curry. By applying currying, a n-ary function turns it into a unary function.
Let's take an example of n-ary function and how it turns into a currying function,
Curried functions are great to improve code reusability and functional composition.
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A Pure function is a function where the return value is only determined by its arguments without any side effects. i.e, If you call a function with the same
arguments 'n' number of times and 'n' number of places in the application then it will always return the same value.
Let's take an example to see the difference between pure and impure functions,
//Impure
let numberArray = [];
const impureAddNumber = (number) => numberArray.push(number);
//Pure
const pureAddNumber = (number) => (argNumberArray) =>
argNumberArray.concat([number]);
As per the above code snippets, the Push function is impure itself by altering the array and returning a push number index independent of the parameter value.
. Whereas Concat on the other hand takes the array and concatenates it with the other array producing a whole new array without side effects. Also, the return
value is a concatenation of the previous array.
Remember that Pure functions are important as they simplify unit testing without any side effects and no need for dependency injection. They also avoid tight
coupling and make it harder to break your application by not having any side effects. These principles are coming together with Immutability concept of ES6
by giving preference to const over let usage.
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The let statement declares a block scope local variable. Hence the variables defined with let keyword are limited in scope to the block, statement, or
expression on which it is used. Whereas variables declared with the var keyword used to define a variable globally, or locally to an entire function regardless
of block scope.
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var let
function userDetails(username) {
if (username) {
console.log(salary); // undefined due to hoisting
console.log(age); // ReferenceError: Cannot access 'age' before initialization
let age = 30;
var salary = 10000;
}
console.log(salary); //10000 (accessible to due function scope)
console.log(age); //error: age is not defined(due to block scope)
}
userDetails("John");
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let is a mathematical statement that was adopted by early programming languages like Scheme and Basic. It has been borrowed from dozens of other
languages that use let already as a traditional keyword as close to var as possible.
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If you try to redeclare variables in a switch block then it will cause errors because there is only one block. For example, the below code block throws a
syntax error as below,
let counter = 1;
switch (x) {
case 0:
let name;
break;
case 1:
let name; // SyntaxError for redeclaration.
break;
}
To avoid this error, you can create a nested block inside a case clause and create a new block scoped lexical environment.
let counter = 1;
switch (x) {
case 0: {
let name;
break;
}
case 1: {
let name; // No SyntaxError for redeclaration.
break;
}
}
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The Temporal Dead Zone is a behavior in JavaScript that occurs when declaring a variable with the let and const keywords, but not with var. In ECMAScript 6,
accessing a let or const variable before its declaration (within its scope) causes a ReferenceError. The time span when that happens, between the creation
of a variable’s binding and its declaration, is called the temporal dead zone.
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IIFE (Immediately Invoked Function Expression) is a JavaScript function that runs as soon as it is defined. The signature of it would be as below,
(function () {
// logic here
})();
The primary reason to use an IIFE is to obtain data privacy because any variables declared within the IIFE cannot be accessed by the outside world. i.e, If you
try to access variables with IIFE then it throws an error as below,
(function () {
var message = "IIFE";
console.log(message);
})();
console.log(message); //Error: message is not defined
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encodeURI() function is used to encode an URL. This function requires a URL string as a parameter and return that encoded string. decodeURI() function
is used to decode an URL. This function requires an encoded URL string as parameter and return that decoded string.
Note: If you want to encode characters such as / ? : @ & = + $ # then you need to use encodeURIComponent() .
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Memoization is a programming technique which attempts to increase a function’s performance by caching its previously computed results. Each time a
memoized function is called, its parameters are used to index the cache. If the data is present, then it can be returned, without executing the entire function.
Otherwise the function is executed and then the result is added to the cache. Let's take an example of adding function with memoization,
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Hoisting is a JavaScript mechanism where variables, function declarations and classes are moved to the top of their scope before code execution. Remember
that JavaScript only hoists declarations, not initialisation. Let's take a simple example of variable hoisting,
var message;
console.log(message);
message = "The variable Has been hoisted";
function message(name) {
console.log(name);
}
This hoisting makes functions to be safely used in code before they are declared.
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In ES6, Javascript classes are primarily syntactic sugar over JavaScript’s existing prototype-based inheritance. For example, the prototype based inheritance
written in function expression as below,
Bike.prototype.getDetails = function () {
return this.model + " bike has" + this.color + " color";
};
class Bike {
constructor(color, model) {
this.color = color;
this.model = model;
}
getDetails() {
return this.model + " bike has" + this.color + " color";
}
}
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A closure is the combination of a function and the lexical environment within which that function was declared. i.e, It is an inner function that has access to
the outer or enclosing function’s variables. The closure has three scope chains
As per the above code, the inner function(i.e, greetingInfo) has access to the variables in the outer function scope(i.e, Welcome) even after the outer function
has returned.
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Modules refer to small units of independent, reusable code and also act as the foundation of many JavaScript design patterns. Most of the JavaScript
modules export an object literal, a function, or a constructor
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1. Maintainability
2. Reusability
3. Namespacing
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Scope is the accessibility of variables, functions, and objects in some particular part of your code during runtime. In other words, scope determines the
visibility of variables and other resources in areas of your code.
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A Service worker is basically a script (JavaScript file) that runs in the background, separate from a web page and provides features that don't need a web page
or user interaction. Some of the major features of service workers are Rich offline experiences(offline first web application development), periodic background
syncs, push notifications, intercept and handle network requests and programmatically managing a cache of responses.
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Service worker can't access the DOM directly. But it can communicate with the pages it controls by responding to messages sent via the postMessage
interface, and those pages can manipulate the DOM.
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The problem with service worker is that it gets terminated when not in use, and restarted when it's next needed, so you cannot rely on global state within a
service worker's onfetch and onmessage handlers. In this case, service workers will have access to IndexedDB API in order to persist and reuse across
restarts.
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IndexedDB is a low-level API for client-side storage of larger amounts of structured data, including files/blobs. This API uses indexes to enable high-
performance searches of this data.
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Web storage is an API that provides a mechanism by which browsers can store key/value pairs locally within the user's browser, in a much more intuitive
fashion than using cookies. The web storage provides two mechanisms for storing data on the client.
1. Local storage: It stores data for current origin with no expiration date.
2. Session storage: It stores data for one session and the data is lost when the browser tab is closed.
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36. What is a post message
Post message is a method that enables cross-origin communication between Window objects.(i.e, between a page and a pop-up that it spawned, or between a
page and an iframe embedded within it). Generally, scripts on different pages are allowed to access each other if and only if the pages follow same-origin
policy(i.e, pages share the same protocol, port number, and host).
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A cookie is a piece of data that is stored on your computer to be accessed by your browser. Cookies are saved as key/value pairs. For example, you can create
a cookie named username as below,
document.cookie = "username=John";
Screenshot
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Cookies are used to remember information about the user profile(such as username). It basically involves two steps,
1. When a user visits a web page, the user profile can be stored in a cookie.
2. Next time the user visits the page, the cookie remembers the user profile.
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1. By default, the cookie is deleted when the browser is closed but you can change this behavior by setting expiry date (in UTC time).
1. By default, the cookie belongs to a current page. But you can tell the browser what path the cookie belongs to using a path parameter.
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You can delete a cookie by setting the expiry date as a passed date. You don't need to specify a cookie value in this case. For example, you can delete a
username cookie in the current page as below.
document.cookie =
"username=; expires=Fri, 07 Jun 2019 00:00:00 UTC; path=/;";
Note: You should define the cookie path option to ensure that you delete the right cookie. Some browsers doesn't allow to delete a cookie unless you specify a
path parameter.
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41. What are the differences between cookie, local storage and session storage
Below are some of the differences between cookie, local storage and session storage,
Accessed on client or server side Both server-side & client-side client-side only client-side only
Lifetime As configured using Expires option until deleted until tab is closed
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LocalStorage is the same as SessionStorage but it persists the data even when the browser is closed and reopened(i.e it has no expiration time) whereas in
sessionStorage data gets cleared when the page session ends.
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The Window object implements the WindowLocalStorage and WindowSessionStorage objects which has localStorage (window.localStorage) and
sessionStorage (window.sessionStorage) properties respectively. These properties create an instance of the Storage object, through which data items can
be set, retrieved and removed for a specific domain and storage type (session or local). For example, you can read and write on local storage objects as below
localStorage.setItem("logo", document.getElementById("logo").value);
localStorage.getItem("logo");
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The session storage provided methods for reading, writing and clearing the session data
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The StorageEvent is an event that fires when a storage area has been changed in the context of another document. Whereas onstorage property is an
EventHandler for processing storage events. The syntax would be as below
window.onstorage = functionRef;
Let's take the example usage of onstorage event handler which logs the storage key and it's values
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Web storage is more secure, and large amounts of data can be stored locally, without affecting website performance. Also, the information is never
transferred to the server. Hence this is a more recommended approach than Cookies.
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You need to check browser support for localStorage and sessionStorage before using web storage,
if (typeof Storage !== "undefined") {
// Code for localStorage/sessionStorage.
} else {
// Sorry! No Web Storage support..
}
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You need to check browser support for web workers before using it
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You need to follow below steps to start using web workers for counting example
1. Create a Web Worker File: You need to write a script to increment the count value. Let's name it as counter.js
let i = 0;
function timedCount() {
i = i + 1;
postMessage(i);
setTimeout("timedCount()", 500);
}
timedCount();
Here postMessage() method is used to post a message back to the HTML page
1. Create a Web Worker Object: You can create a web worker object by checking for browser support. Let's name this file as web_worker_example.js
if (typeof w == "undefined") {
w = new Worker("counter.js");
}
1. Terminate a Web Worker: Web workers will continue to listen for messages (even after the external script is finished) until it is terminated. You can use
the terminate() method to terminate listening to the messages.
w.terminate();
1. Reuse the Web Worker: If you set the worker variable to undefined you can reuse the code
w = undefined;
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WebWorkers don't have access to below javascript objects since they are defined in an external files
1. Window object
2. Document object
3. Parent object
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51. What is a promise
A promise is an object that may produce a single value some time in the future with either a resolved value or a reason that it’s not resolved(for example,
network error). It will be in one of the 3 possible states: fulfilled, rejected, or pending.
Screenshot
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Promises are used to handle asynchronous operations. They provide an alternative approach for callbacks by reducing the callback hell and writing the
cleaner code.
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A callback function is a function passed into another function as an argument. This function is invoked inside the outer function to complete an action. Let's
take a simple example of how to use callback function
function callbackFunction(name) {
console.log("Hello " + name);
}
function outerFunction(callback) {
let name = prompt("Please enter your name.");
callback(name);
}
outerFunction(callbackFunction);
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The callbacks are needed because javascript is an event driven language. That means instead of waiting for a response javascript will keep executing while
listening for other events. Let's take an example with the first function invoking an API call(simulated by setTimeout) and the next function which logs the
message.
function firstFunction() {
// Simulate a code delay
setTimeout(function () {
console.log("First function called");
}, 1000);
}
function secondFunction() {
console.log("Second function called");
}
firstFunction();
secondFunction();
Output;
// Second function called
// First function called
As observed from the output, javascript didn't wait for the response of the first function and the remaining code block got executed. So callbacks are used in a
way to make sure that certain code doesn’t execute until the other code finishes execution.
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Callback Hell is an anti-pattern with multiple nested callbacks which makes code hard to read and debug when dealing with asynchronous logic. The callback
hell looks like below,
async1(function(){
async2(function(){
async3(function(){
async4(function(){
....
});
});
});
});
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Server-sent events (SSE) is a server push technology enabling a browser to receive automatic updates from a server via HTTP connection without resorting to
polling. These are a one way communications channel - events flow from server to client only. This has been used in Facebook/Twitter updates, stock price
updates, news feeds etc.
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The EventSource object is used to receive server-sent event notifications. For example, you can receive messages from server as below,
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You can perform browser support for server-sent events before using it as below,
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60. What are the events available for server sent events
Below are the list of events available for server sent events
Event Description
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You can nest one callback inside in another callback to execute the actions sequentially one by one. This is known as callbacks in callbacks.
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The process of executing a sequence of asynchronous tasks one after another using promises is known as Promise chaining. Let's take an example of
promise chaining for calculating the final result,
In the above handlers, the result is passed to the chain of .then() handlers with the below work flow,
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64. What is promise.all
Promise.all is a promise that takes an array of promises as an input (an iterable), and it gets resolved when all the promises get resolved or any one of them
gets rejected. For example, the syntax of promise.all method is below,
Promise.all([Promise1, Promise2, Promise3]) .then(result) => { console.log(result) }) .catch(error => console.log(`Error in promises
Note: Remember that the order of the promises(output the result) is maintained as per input order.
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Promise.race() method will return the promise instance which is firstly resolved or rejected. Let's take an example of race() method where promise2 is
resolved first
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Strict Mode is a new feature in ECMAScript 5 that allows you to place a program, or a function, in a “strict” operating context. This way it prevents certain
actions from being taken and throws more exceptions. The literal expression "use strict"; instructs the browser to use the javascript code in the Strict
mode.
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Strict mode is useful to write "secure" JavaScript by notifying "bad syntax" into real errors. For example, it eliminates accidentally creating a global variable by
throwing an error and also throws an error for assignment to a non-writable property, a getter-only property, a non-existing property, a non-existing variable, or a
non-existing object.
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The strict mode is declared by adding "use strict"; to the beginning of a script or a function. If declared at the beginning of a script, it has global scope.
"use strict";
x = 3.14; // This will cause an error because x is not declared
function myFunction() {
"use strict";
y = 3.14; // This will cause an error
}
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The double exclamation or negation(!!) ensures the resulting type is a boolean. If it was falsey (e.g. 0, null, undefined, etc.), it will be false, otherwise, true. For
example, you can test IE version using this expression as below,
let isIE8 = false;
isIE8 = !!navigator.userAgent.match(/MSIE 8.0/);
console.log(isIE8); // returns true or false
If you don't use this expression then it returns the original value.
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The delete keyword is used to delete the property as well as its value.
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You can use the JavaScript typeof operator to find the type of a JavaScript variable. It returns the type of a variable or an expression.
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The undefined property indicates that a variable has not been assigned a value, or not declared at all. The type of undefined value is undefined too.
user = undefined;
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The value null represents the intentional absence of any object value. It is one of JavaScript's primitive values. The type of null value is object. You can empty
the variable by setting the value to null.
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Null Undefined
It is an assignment value which indicates that variable points to no It is not an assignment value where a variable has been declared but has not yet
object. been assigned a value.
The null value is a primitive value that represents the null, empty, or The undefined value is a primitive value used when a variable has not been
non-existent reference. assigned a value.
Null Undefined
Indicates the absence of a value for a variable Indicates absence of variable itself
Converted to zero (0) while performing primitive operations Converted to NaN while performing primitive operations
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The eval() function evaluates JavaScript code represented as a string. The string can be a JavaScript expression, variable, statement, or sequence of
statements.
console.log(eval("1 + 2")); // 3
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Window Document
It is the direct child of the window object. This is also known as Document Object
It is the root level element in any web page
Model(DOM)
By default window object is available implicitly in the page You can access it via window.document or document.
It has methods like alert(), confirm() and properties like document, It provides methods like getElementById, getElementsByTagName, createElement
location etc
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The window.history object contains the browser's history. You can load previous and next URLs in the history using back() and next() methods.
function goBack() {
window.history.back();
}
function goForward() {
window.history.forward();
}
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The mouseEvent getModifierState() is used to return a boolean value that indicates whether the specified modifier key is activated or not. The modifiers
such as CapsLock, ScrollLock and NumLock are activated when they are clicked, and deactivated when they are clicked again.
Let's take an input element to detect the CapsLock on/off behavior with an example,
<p id="feedback"></p>
<script>
function enterInput(e) {
var flag = e.getModifierState("CapsLock");
if (flag) {
document.getElementById("feedback").innerHTML = "CapsLock activated";
} else {
document.getElementById("feedback").innerHTML =
"CapsLock not activated";
}
}
</script>
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The isNaN() function is used to determine whether a value is an illegal number (Not-a-Number) or not. i.e, This function returns true if the value equates to
NaN. Otherwise it returns false.
isNaN("Hello"); //true
isNaN("100"); //false
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80. What are the differences between undeclared and undefined variables
Below are the major differences between undeclared(not defined) and undefined variables,
undeclared undefined
These variables do not exist in a program and are not declared These variables declared in the program but have not assigned any value
If you try to read the value of an undeclared variable, then a runtime error is If you try to read the value of an undefined variable, an undefined value is
encountered returned.
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Global variables are those that are available throughout the length of the code without any scope. The var keyword is used to declare a local variable but if you
omit it then it will become global variable
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The problem with global variables is the conflict of variable names of local and global scope. It is also difficult to debug and test the code that relies on global
variables.
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The NaN property is a global property that represents "Not-a-Number" value. i.e, It indicates that a value is not a legal number. It is very rare to use NaN in a
program but it can be used as return value for few cases
Math.sqrt(-1);
parseInt("Hello");
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The isFinite() function is used to determine whether a number is a finite, legal number. It returns false if the value is +infinity, -infinity, or NaN (Not-a-Number),
otherwise it returns true.
isFinite(Infinity); // false
isFinite(NaN); // false
isFinite(-Infinity); // false
isFinite(100); // true
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Event flow is the order in which event is received on the web page. When you click an element that is nested in various other elements, before your click
actually reaches its destination, or target element, it must trigger the click event for each of its parent elements first, starting at the top with the global window
object. There are two ways of event flow
Event bubbling is a type of event propagation where the event first triggers on the innermost target element, and then successively triggers on the ancestors
(parents) of the target element in the same nesting hierarchy till it reaches the outermost DOM element.
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Event capturing is a type of event propagation where the event is first captured by the outermost element, and then successively triggers on the descendants
(children) of the target element in the same nesting hierarchy till it reaches the innermost DOM element.
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You can submit a form using document.forms[0].submit() . All the form input's information is submitted using onsubmit event handler
function submit() {
document.forms[0].submit();
}
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The window.navigator object contains information about the visitor's browser OS details. Some of the OS properties are available under platform property,
console.log(navigator.platform);
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90. What is the difference between document load and DOMContentLoaded events
The DOMContentLoaded event is fired when the initial HTML document has been completely loaded and parsed, without waiting for assets(stylesheets,
images, and subframes) to finish loading. Whereas The load event is fired when the whole page has loaded, including all dependent resources(stylesheets,
images).
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91. What is the difference between native, host and user objects
Native objects are objects that are part of the JavaScript language defined by the ECMAScript specification. For example, String, Math, RegExp, Object,
Function etc core objects defined in the ECMAScript spec. Host objects are objects provided by the browser or runtime environment (Node). For example,
window, XmlHttpRequest, DOM nodes etc are considered as host objects. User objects are objects defined in the javascript code. For example, User
objects created for profile information.
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92. What are the tools or techniques used for debugging JavaScript code
1. Chrome Devtools
2. debugger statement
3. Good old console.log statement
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93. What are the pros and cons of promises over callbacks
Below are the list of pros and cons of promises over callbacks,
Pros:
Cons:
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94. What is the difference between an attribute and a property
Attributes are defined on the HTML markup whereas properties are defined on the DOM. For example, the below HTML element has 2 attributes type and
value,
And after you change the value of the text field to "Good evening", it becomes like
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The same-origin policy is a policy that prevents JavaScript from making requests across domain boundaries. An origin is defined as a combination of URI
scheme, hostname, and port number. If you enable this policy then it prevents a malicious script on one page from obtaining access to sensitive data on
another web page using Document Object Model(DOM).
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Void(0) is used to prevent the page from refreshing. This will be helpful to eliminate the unwanted side-effect, because it will return the undefined primitive
value. It is commonly used for HTML documents that use href="JavaScript:Void(0);" within an <a> element. i.e, when you click a link, the browser loads a new
page or refreshes the same page. But this behavior will be prevented using this expression. For example, the below link notify the message without reloading
the page
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JavaScript is an interpreted language, not a compiled language. An interpreter in the browser reads over the JavaScript code, interprets each line, and runs it.
Nowadays modern browsers use a technology known as Just-In-Time (JIT) compilation, which compiles JavaScript to executable bytecode just as it is about
to run.
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Yes, JavaScript is a case sensitive language. The language keywords, variables, function & object names, and any other identifiers must always be typed with a
consistent capitalization of letters.
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No, they are entirely two different programming languages and have nothing to do with each other. But both of them are Object Oriented Programming
languages and like many other languages, they follow similar syntax for basic features(if, else, for, switch, break, continue etc).
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Events are "things" that happen to HTML elements. When JavaScript is used in HTML pages, JavaScript can react on these events. Some of the examples of
HTML events are,
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JavaScript was created by Brendan Eich in 1995 during his time at Netscape Communications. Initially it was developed under the name Mocha , but later the
language was officially called LiveScript when it first shipped in beta releases of Netscape.
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The preventDefault() method cancels the event if it is cancelable, meaning that the default action or behaviour that belongs to the event will not occur. For
example, prevent form submission when clicking on submit button and prevent opening the page URL when clicking on hyperlink are some common use
cases.
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The stopPropagation method is used to stop the event from bubbling up the event chain. For example, the below nested divs with stopPropagation method
prevents default event propagation when clicking on nested div(Div1)
```javascript
DIV 2
DIV 1
```
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104. ### What are the steps involved in return false usage
The return false statement in event handlers performs the below steps,
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The Browser Object Model (BOM) allows JavaScript to "talk to" the browser. It consists of the objects navigator, history, screen, location and document which
are children of the window. The Browser Object Model is not standardized and can change based on different browsers.
Screenshot
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The setTimeout() method is used to call a function or evaluate an expression after a specified number of milliseconds. For example, let's log a message after
2 seconds using setTimeout method,
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The setInterval() method is used to call a function or evaluate an expression at specified intervals (in milliseconds). For example, let's log a message after 2
seconds using setInterval method,
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108. ### Why is JavaScript treated as Single threaded
JavaScript is a single-threaded language. Because the language specification does not allow the programmer to write code so that the interpreter can run
parts of it in parallel in multiple threads or processes. Whereas languages like java, go, C++ can make multi-threaded and multi-process programs.
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Event delegation is a technique for listening to events where you delegate a parent element as the listener for all of the events that happen inside it.
For example, if you wanted to detect field changes in inside a specific form, you can use event delegation technique,
// Listen for changes to fields inside the form form.addEventListener( "input", function (event) { // Log the field that was changed console.log(event.target); },
false ); ```
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ECMAScript is the scripting language that forms the basis of JavaScript. ECMAScript standardized by the ECMA International standards organization in the
ECMA-262 and ECMA-402 specifications. The first edition of ECMAScript was released in 1997.
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JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight format that is used for data interchanging. It is based on a subset of JavaScript language in the way objects
are built in JavaScript.
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When sending data to a web server, the data has to be in a string format. You can achieve this by converting JSON object into a string using stringify() method.
javascript var userJSON = { name: "John", age: 31 }; var userString = JSON.stringify(userJSON); console.log(userString); //"
{"name":"John","age":31}"
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When receiving the data from a web server, the data is always in a string format. But you can convert this string value to a javascript object using parse()
method.
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When exchanging data between a browser and a server, the data can only be text. Since JSON is text only, it can easily be sent to and from a server, and used
as a data format by any programming language.
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Progressive web applications (PWAs) are a type of mobile app delivered through the web, built using common web technologies including HTML, CSS and
JavaScript. These PWAs are deployed to servers, accessible through URLs, and indexed by search engines.
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The clearTimeout() function is used in javascript to clear the timeout which has been set by setTimeout()function before that. i.e, The return value of
setTimeout() function is stored in a variable and it’s passed into the clearTimeout() function to clear the timer.
For example, the below setTimeout method is used to display the message after 3 seconds. This timeout can be cleared by the clearTimeout() method.
```javascript ```
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The clearInterval() function is used in javascript to clear the interval which has been set by setInterval() function. i.e, The return value returned by setInterval()
function is stored in a variable and it’s passed into the clearInterval() function to clear the interval.
For example, the below setInterval method is used to display the message for every 3 seconds. This interval can be cleared by the clearInterval() method.
```javascript ```
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In vanilla javascript, you can redirect to a new page using the location property of window object. The syntax would be as follows,
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There are 3 possible ways to check whether a string contains a substring or not,
1. Using includes: ES6 provided String.prototype.includes method to test a string contains a substring
2. Using indexOf: In an ES5 or older environment, you can use String.prototype.indexOf which returns the index of a substring. If the index value is
not equal to -1 then it means the substring exists in the main string.
3. Using RegEx: The advanced solution is using Regular expression's test method( RegExp.test ), which allows for testing for against regular
expressions
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You can validate an email in javascript using regular expressions. It is recommended to do validations on the server side instead of the client side. Because
the javascript can be disabled on the client side.
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122. ### How do you get the current url with javascript
You can use window.location.href expression to get the current url path and you can use the same expression for updating the URL too. You can also use
document.URL for read-only purposes but this solution has issues in FF.
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123. ### What are the various url properties of location object
The below Location object properties can be used to access URL components of the page,
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You can use URLSearchParams to get query string values in javascript. Let's see an example to get the client code value from URL query string,
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125. ### How do you check if a key exists in an object
You can check whether a key exists in an object or not using three approaches,
1. Using in operator: You can use the in operator whether a key exists in an object or not
"key" in obj;
and If you want to check if a key doesn't exist, remember to use parenthesis,
!("key" in obj);
2. Using hasOwnProperty method: You can use hasOwnProperty to particularly test for properties of the object instance (and not inherited properties)
obj.hasOwnProperty("key"); // true
3. Using undefined comparison: If you access a non-existing property from an object, the result is undefined. Let’s compare the properties against
undefined to determine the existence of the property.
const user = {
name: "John",
};
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You can use the for-in loop to loop through javascript object. You can also make sure that the key you get is an actual property of an object, and doesn't
come from the prototype using hasOwnProperty method.
for (var key in object) { if (object.hasOwnProperty(key)) { console.log(key + " -> " + object[key]); // k1 -> value1 ... } } ```
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1. Using Object entries(ECMA 7+): You can use object entries length along with constructor type.
Object.entries(obj).length === 0 && obj.constructor === Object; // Since date object length is 0, you need to check constructor
2. Using Object keys(ECMA 5+): You can use object keys length along with constructor type.
Object.keys(obj).length === 0 && obj.constructor === Object; // Since date object length is 0, you need to check constructor che
3. Using for-in with hasOwnProperty(Pre-ECMA 5): You can use a for-in loop along with hasOwnProperty.
function isEmpty(obj) {
for (var prop in obj) {
if (obj.hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
return false;
}
}
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The arguments object is an Array-like object accessible inside functions that contains the values of the arguments passed to that function. For example, let's
see how to use arguments object inside sum function,
```javascript function sum() { var total = 0; for (var i = 0, len = arguments.length; i < len; ++i) { total += arguments[i]; } return total; }
Note: You can't apply array methods on arguments object. But you can convert into a regular array as below.
javascript var argsArray = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);
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129. ### How do you make first letter of the string in an uppercase
You can create a function which uses a chain of string methods such as charAt, toUpperCase and slice methods to generate a string with the first letter in
uppercase.
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130. ### What are the pros and cons of for loop
The for-loop is a commonly used iteration syntax in javascript. It has both pros and cons
#### Pros
Cons
3. Too verbose
4. Imperative
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You can use new Date() to generate a new Date object containing the current date and time. For example, let's display the current date in mm/dd/yyyy
```javascript var today = new Date(); var dd = String(today.getDate()).padStart(2, "0"); var mm = String(today.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, "0"); //January is 0! var
yyyy = today.getFullYear();
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You need to use date.getTime() method to compare date values instead of comparison operators (==, !=, ===, and !== operators)
javascript var d1 = new Date(); var d2 = new Date(d1); console.log(d1.getTime() === d2.getTime()); //True console.log(d1 ===
d2); // False
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133. ### How do you check if a string starts with another string
You can use ECMAScript 6's String.prototype.startsWith() method to check if a string starts with another string or not. But it is not yet supported in all
browsers. Let's see an example to see this usage,
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JavaScript provided a trim method on string types to trim any whitespaces present at the beginning or ending of the string.
If your browser(<IE9) doesn't support this method then you can use below polyfill.
javascript if (!String.prototype.trim) { (function () { // Make sure we trim BOM and NBSP var rtrim = /^[\s\uFEFF\xA0]+|
[\s\uFEFF\xA0]+$/g; String.prototype.trim = function () { return this.replace(rtrim, ""); }; })(); }
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There are two possible solutions to add new properties to an object. Let's take a simple object to explain these solutions.
1. Using dot notation: This solution is useful when you know the name of the property
object.key3 = "value3";
2. Using square bracket notation: This solution is useful when the name of the property is dynamically determined.
obj["key3"] = "value3";
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No,that's not a special operator. But it is a combination of 2 standard operators one after the other,
At first, the value decremented by one and then tested to see if it is equal to zero or not for determining the truthy/falsy value.
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You can use the logical or operator || in an assignment expression to provide a default value. The syntax looks like as below,
javascript var a = b || c;
As per the above expression, variable 'a 'will get the value of 'c' only if 'b' is falsy (if is null, false, undefined, 0, empty string, or NaN), otherwise 'a' will get the
value of 'b'.
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You can define multiline string literals using the '\' character followed by line terminator.
But if you have a space after the '\' character, the code will look exactly the same, but it will raise a SyntaxError.
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An application shell (or app shell) architecture is one way to build a Progressive Web App that reliably and instantly loads on your users' screens, similar to
what you see in native applications. It is useful for getting some initial HTML to the screen fast without a network.
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Yes, We can define properties for functions because functions are also objects.
fn.name = "John";
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141. ### What is the way to find the number of parameters expected by a function
You can use function.length syntax to find the number of parameters expected by a function. Let's take an example of sum function to calculate the sum
of numbers,
javascript function sum(num1, num2, num3, num4) { return num1 + num2 + num3 + num4; } sum.length; // 4 is the number of
parameters expected.
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A polyfill is a piece of JS code used to provide modern functionality on older browsers that do not natively support it. For example, Silverlight plugin polyfill can
be used to mimic the functionality of an HTML Canvas element on Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.
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The break statement is used to "jump out" of a loop. i.e, It breaks the loop and continues executing the code after the loop.
javascript for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) { if (i === 5) { break; } text += "Number: " + i + "<br>"; }
The continue statement is used to "jump over" one iteration in the loop. i.e, It breaks one iteration (in the loop), if a specified condition occurs, and continues
with the next iteration in the loop.
javascript for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) { if (i === 5) { continue; } text += "Number: " + i + "<br>"; }
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The label statement allows us to name loops and blocks in JavaScript. We can then use these labels to refer back to the code later. For example, the below
code with labels avoids printing the numbers when they are same,
```javascript var i, j;
loop1: for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) { loop2: for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) { if (i === j) { continue loop1; } console.log("i = " + i + ", j = " + j); } }
145. ### What are the benefits of keeping declarations at the top
It is recommended to keep all declarations at the top of each script or function. The benefits of doing this are,
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It is recommended to avoid creating new objects using new Object() . Instead you can initialize values based on it's type to create the objects.
var v1 = {};
var v2 = "";
var v3 = 0;
var v4 = false;
var v5 = [];
var v6 = /()/;
var v7 = function () {};
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JSON arrays are written inside square brackets and arrays contain javascript objects. For example, the JSON array of users would be as below,
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You can use Math.random() with Math.floor() to return random integers. For example, if you want generate random integers between 1 to 10, the multiplication
factor should be 10,
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150. ### Can you write a random integers function to print integers with in a range
Yes, you can create a proper random function to return a random number between min and max (both included)
javascript function randomInteger(min, max) { return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1)) + min; } randomInteger(1,
100); // returns a random integer from 1 to 100 randomInteger(1, 1000); // returns a random integer from 1 to 1000
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Tree shaking is a form of dead code elimination. It means that unused modules will not be included in the bundle during the build process and for that it relies
on the static structure of ES2015 module syntax,( i.e. import and export). Initially this has been popularized by the ES2015 module bundler rollup .
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No, it allows arbitrary code to be run which causes a security problem. As we know that the eval() function is used to run text as code. In most of the cases, it
should not be necessary to use it.
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A regular expression is a sequence of characters that forms a search pattern. You can use this search pattern for searching data in a text. These can be used
to perform all types of text search and text replace operations. Let's see the syntax format now,
javascript /pattern/modifiers;
For example, the regular expression or search pattern with case-insensitive username would be,
javascript /John/i;
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155. ### What are the string methods available in Regular expression
Regular Expressions has two string methods: search() and replace(). The search() method uses an expression to search for a match, and returns the position
of the match.
The replace() method is used to return a modified string where the pattern is replaced.
javascript var msg = "Hello John"; var n = msg.replace(/John/i, "Buttler"); // Hello Buttler
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Modifiers can be used to perform case-insensitive and global searches. Let's list down some of the modifiers,
Modifier Description
javascript var text = "Learn JS one by one"; var pattern = /one/g; var result = text.match(pattern); // one,one
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Regular Expressions provide a group of patterns in order to match characters. Basically they are categorized into 3 types,
1. Brackets: These are used to find a range of characters. For example, below are some use cases,
1. [abc]: Used to find any of the characters between the brackets(a,b,c)
2. [0-9]: Used to find any of the digits between the brackets
3. (a|b): Used to find any of the alternatives separated with |
2. Metacharacters: These are characters with a special meaning For example, below are some use cases,
1. \d: Used to find a digit
2. \s: Used to find a whitespace character
3. \b: Used to find a match at the beginning or ending of a word
3. Quantifiers: These are useful to define quantities For example, below are some use cases,
1. n+: Used to find matches for any string that contains at least one n
2. n*: Used to find matches for any string that contains zero or more occurrences of n
3. n?: Used to find matches for any string that contains zero or one occurrences of n
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RegExp object is a regular expression object with predefined properties and methods. Let's see the simple usage of RegExp object,
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You can use the test() method of regular expression in order to search a string for a pattern, and return true or false depending on the result.
javascript var pattern = /you/; console.log(pattern.test("How are you?")); //true
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The purpose of exec method is similar to test method but it executes a search for a match in a specified string and returns a result array, or null instead of
returning true/false.
javascript var pattern = /you/; console.log(pattern.exec("How are you?")); //["you", index: 8, input: "How are you?", groups:
undefined]
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You can change inline style or classname of a HTML element using javascript
1. Using style property: You can modify inline style using style property
document.getElementById("title").style.fontSize = "30px";
2. Using ClassName property: It is easy to modify element class using className property
document.getElementById("title").className = "custom-title";
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The output is going to be 33 . Since 1 and 2 are numeric values, the result of the first two digits is going to be a numeric value 3 . The next digit is a string
type value because of that the addition of numeric value 3 and string type value 3 is just going to be a concatenation value 33 .
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The debugger statement invokes any available debugging functionality, such as setting a breakpoint. If no debugging functionality is available, this statement
has no effect. For example, in the below function a debugger statement has been inserted. So execution is paused at the debugger statement just like a
breakpoint in the script source.
javascript function getProfile() { // code goes here debugger; // code goes here }
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You can set breakpoints in the javascript code once the debugger statement is executed and the debugger window pops up. At each breakpoint, javascript will
stop executing, and let you examine the JavaScript values. After examining values, you can resume the execution of code using the play button.
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No, you cannot use the reserved words as variables, labels, object or function names. Let's see one simple example,
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You can use regex which returns a true or false value depending on whether or not the user is browsing with a mobile.
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You can detect mobile browsers by simply running through a list of devices and checking if the useragent matches anything. This is an alternative solution for
RegExp usage,
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168. ### How do you get the image width and height using JS
You can programmatically get the image and check the dimensions(width and height) using Javascript.
javascript var img = new Image(); img.onload = function () { console.log(this.width + "x" + this.height); }; img.src =
"http://www.google.com/intl/en_ALL/images/logo.gif";
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Browsers provide an XMLHttpRequest object which can be used to make synchronous HTTP requests from JavaScript
javascript function httpGet(theUrl) { var xmlHttpReq = new XMLHttpRequest(); xmlHttpReq.open("GET", theUrl, false); // false
for synchronous request xmlHttpReq.send(null); return xmlHttpReq.responseText; }
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Browsers provide an XMLHttpRequest object which can be used to make asynchronous HTTP requests from JavaScript by passing the 3rd parameter as true.
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You can use the toLocaleString() method to convert dates in one timezone to another. For example, let's convert current date to British English timezone as
below,
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172. ### What are the properties used to get size of window
You can use innerWidth, innerHeight, clientWidth, clientHeight properties of windows, document element and document body objects to find the size of a
window. Let's use them combination of these properties to calculate the size of a window or document,
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The conditional (ternary) operator is the only JavaScript operator that takes three operands which acts as a shortcut for if statements.
javascript var isAuthenticated = false; console.log( isAuthenticated ? "Hello, welcome" : "Sorry, you are not authenticated"
); //Sorry, you are not authenticated
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Yes, you can apply chaining on conditional operators similar to if … else if … else if … else chain. The syntax is going to be as below,
```javascript function traceValue(someParam) { return condition1 ? value1 : condition2 ? value2 : condition3 ? value3 : value4; }
function traceValue(someParam) { if (condition1) { return value1; } else if (condition2) { return value2; } else if (condition3) { return value3; } else { return
value4; } } ```
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175. ### What are the ways to execute javascript after page load
You can execute javascript after page load in many different ways,
1. window.onload:
window.onload = function ...
2. document.onload:
3. body onload:
<body onload="script();">
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The __proto__ object is the actual object that is used in the lookup chain to resolve methods, etc. Whereas prototype is the object that is used to build
__proto__ when you create an object with new
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It is recommended to use semicolons after every statement in JavaScript. For example, in the below case it throws an error ".. is not a function" at runtime due
to missing semicolon.
```javascript // define a function var fn = (function () { //... })( // semicolon missing at this line
// then execute some code inside a closure function () { //... } )(); ```
In this case, we are passing the second function as an argument to the first function and then trying to call the result of the first function call as a function.
Hence, the second function will fail with a "... is not a function" error at runtime.
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The freeze() method is used to freeze an object. Freezing an object does not allow adding new properties to an object,prevents from removing and prevents
changing the enumerability, configurability, or writability of existing properties. i.e, It returns the passed object and does not create a frozen copy.
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In the Object-oriented paradigm, an existing API contains certain elements that are not intended to be extended, modified, or re-used outside of their current
context. Hence it works as the final keyword which is used in various languages.
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You can use navigator object to detect a browser language preference as below,
```javascript var language = (navigator.languages && navigator.languages[0]) || // Chrome / Firefox navigator.language || // All browsers
navigator.userLanguage; // IE <= 10
console.log(language); ```
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Title case means that the first letter of each word is capitalized. You can convert a string to title case using the below function,
You can use the <noscript> tag to detect javascript disabled or not. The code block inside <noscript> gets executed when JavaScript is disabled, and is
typically used to display alternative content when the page generated in JavaScript.
javascript <script type="javascript"> // JS related code goes here </script> <noscript> <a href="next_page.html?
noJS=true">JavaScript is disabled in the page. Please click Next Page</a> </noscript>
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An operator is capable of manipulating(mathematical and logical computations) a certain value or operand. There are various operators supported by
JavaScript as below,
1. Arithmetic Operators: Includes + (Addition),– (Subtraction), * (Multiplication), / (Division), % (Modulus), + + (Increment) and – – (Decrement)
2. Comparison Operators: Includes = =(Equal),!= (Not Equal), ===(Equal with type), > (Greater than),> = (Greater than or Equal to),< (Less than),<= (Less
than or Equal to)
3. Logical Operators: Includes &&(Logical AND),||(Logical OR),!(Logical NOT)
4. Assignment Operators: Includes = (Assignment Operator), += (Add and Assignment Operator), – = (Subtract and Assignment Operator), *= (Multiply
and Assignment), /= (Divide and Assignment), %= (Modules and Assignment)
5. Ternary Operators: It includes conditional(: ?) Operator
6. typeof Operator: It uses to find type of variable. The syntax looks like typeof variable
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Rest parameter is an improved way to handle function parameters which allows us to represent an indefinite number of arguments as an array. The syntax
would be as below,
For example, let's take a sum example to calculate on dynamic number of parameters,
javascript function total(…args){ let sum = 0; for(let i of args){ sum+=i; } return sum; } console.log(fun(1,2)); //3
console.log(fun(1,2,3)); //6 console.log(fun(1,2,3,4)); //13 console.log(fun(1,2,3,4,5)); //15
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186. ### What happens if you do not use rest parameter as a last argument
The rest parameter should be the last argument, as its job is to collect all the remaining arguments into an array. For example, if you define a function like
below it doesn’t make any sense and will throw an error.
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Spread operator allows iterables( arrays / objects / strings ) to be expanded into single arguments/elements. Let's take an example to see this behavior,
console.log(calculateSum(...numbers)); // 6 ```
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Object.isFrozen() method is used to determine if an object is frozen or not.An object is frozen if all of the below conditions hold true,
1. If it is not extensible.
2. If all of its properties are non-configurable.
3. If all its data properties are non-writable. The usage is going to be as follows,
const object = {
property: "Welcome JS world",
};
Object.freeze(object);
console.log(Object.isFrozen(object));
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190. ### How do you determine two values same or not using object
The Object.is() method determines whether two values are the same value. For example, the usage with different types of values would be,
javascript Object.is("hello", "hello"); // true Object.is(window, window); // true Object.is([], []); // false
1. both undefined
2. both null
3. both true or both false
4. both strings of the same length with the same characters in the same order
5. both the same object (means both object have same reference)
6. both numbers and both +0 both -0 both NaN both non-zero and both not NaN and both have the same value.
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192. ### How do you copy properties from one object to other
You can use the Object.assign() method which is used to copy the values and properties from one or more source objects to a target object. It returns the
target object which has properties and values copied from the target object. The syntax would be as below,
Let's take example with one source and one target object,
console.log(target); // { a: 1, b: 3, c: 4 }
console.log(returnedTarget); // { a: 1, b: 3, c: 4 } ```
As observed in the above code, there is a common property( b ) from source to target so it's value has been overwritten.
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The Proxy object is used to define custom behavior for fundamental operations such as property lookup, assignment, enumeration, function invocation, etc.
The syntax would be as follows,
```javascript var handler = { get: function (obj, prop) { return prop in obj ? obj[prop] : 100; }, };
In the above code, it uses get handler which define the behavior of the proxy when an operation is performed on it
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The Object.seal() method is used to seal an object, by preventing new properties from being added to it and marking all existing properties as non-
configurable. But values of present properties can still be changed as long as they are writable. Let's see the below example to understand more about seal()
method
javascript const object = { property: "Welcome JS world", }; Object.seal(object); object.property = "Welcome to object world";
console.log(Object.isSealed(object)); // true delete object.property; // You cannot delete when sealed
console.log(object.property); //Welcome to object world
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197. ### What are the differences between freeze and seal methods
If an object is frozen using the Object.freeze() method then its properties become immutable and no changes can be made in them whereas if an object is
sealed using the Object.seal() method then the changes can be made in the existing properties of the object.
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The Object.isSealed() method is used to determine if an object is sealed or not. An object is sealed if all of the below conditions hold true
1. If it is not extensible.
2. If all of its properties are non-configurable.
3. If it is not removable (but not necessarily non-writable). Let's see it in the action
const object = {
property: "Hello, Good morning",
};
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199. ### How do you get enumerable key and value pairs
The Object.entries() method is used to return an array of a given object's own enumerable string-keyed property [key, value] pairs, in the same order as that
provided by a for...in loop. Let's see the functionality of object.entries() method in an example,
for (let [key, value] of Object.entries(object)) { console.log( ${key}: ${value} ); // a: 'Good morning' // b: 100 } ```
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200. ### What is the main difference between Object.values and Object.entries method
The Object.values() method's behavior is similar to Object.entries() method but it returns an array of values instead [key,value] pairs.
for (let value of Object.values(object)) { console.log( ${value} ); // 'Good morning' 100; } ```
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201. ### How can you get the list of keys of any object
You can use the Object.keys() method which is used to return an array of a given object's own property names, in the same order as we get with a normal
loop. For example, you can get the keys of a user object,
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The Object.create() method is used to create a new object with the specified prototype object and properties. i.e, It uses an existing object as the prototype of
the newly created object. It returns a new object with the specified prototype object and properties.
```javascript const user = { name: "John", printInfo: function () { console.log( My name is ${this.name}. ); }, };
admin.name = "Nick"; // Remember that "name" is a property set on "admin" but not on "user" object
admin.printInfo(); // My name is Nick ```
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WeakSet is used to store a collection of weakly(weak references) held objects. The syntax would be as follows,
javascript var ws = new WeakSet(); var user = {}; ws.add(user); ws.has(user); // true ws.delete(user); // removes user from
the set ws.has(user); // false, user has been removed
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204. ### What are the differences between WeakSet and Set
The main difference is that references to objects in Set are strong while references to objects in WeakSet are weak. i.e, An object in WeakSet can be garbage
collected if there is no other reference to it. Other differences are,
1. Sets can store any value Whereas WeakSets can store only collections of objects
2. WeakSet does not have size property unlike Set
3. WeakSet does not have methods such as clear, keys, values, entries, forEach.
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1. add(value): A new object is appended with the given value to the weakset
2. delete(value): Deletes the value from the WeakSet collection.
3. has(value): It returns true if the value is present in the WeakSet Collection, otherwise it returns false.
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The WeakMap object is a collection of key/value pairs in which the keys are weakly referenced. In this case, keys must be objects and the values can be
arbitrary values. The syntax is looking like as below,
javascript var ws = new WeakMap(); var user = {}; ws.set(user); ws.has(user); // true ws.delete(user); // removes user from
the map ws.has(user); // false, user has been removed
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207. ### What are the differences between WeakMap and Map
The main difference is that references to key objects in Map are strong while references to key objects in WeakMap are weak. i.e, A key object in WeakMap
can be garbage collected if there is no other reference to it. Other differences are,
1. Maps can store any key type Whereas WeakMaps can store only collections of key objects
2. WeakMap does not have size property unlike Map
3. WeakMap does not have methods such as clear, keys, values, entries, forEach.
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1. set(key, value): Sets the value for the key in the WeakMap object. Returns the WeakMap object.
2. delete(key): Removes any value associated to the key.
3. has(key): Returns a Boolean asserting whether a value has been associated to the key in the WeakMap object or not.
4. get(key): Returns the value associated to the key, or undefined if there is none. Let's see the functionality of all the above methods in an example,
var weakMapObject = new WeakMap();
var firstObject = {};
var secondObject = {};
// set(key, value)
weakMapObject.set(firstObject, "John");
weakMapObject.set(secondObject, 100);
console.log(weakMapObject.has(firstObject)); //true
console.log(weakMapObject.get(firstObject)); // John
weakMapObject.delete(secondObject);
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The uneval() is an inbuilt function which is used to create a string representation of the source code of an Object. It is a top-level function and is not associated
with any object. Let's see the below example to know more about it's functionality,
javascript var a = 1; uneval(a); // returns a String containing 1 uneval(function user() {}); // returns "(function user(){})"
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The encodeURI() function is used to encode complete URI which has special characters except (, / ? : @ & = + $ #) characters.
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The decodeURI() function is used to decode a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) previously created by encodeURI().
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The window object provided a print() method which is used to print the contents of the current window. It opens a Print dialog box which lets you choose
between various printing options. Let's see the usage of print method in an example,
Note: In most browsers, it will block while the print dialog is open.
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The uneval function returns the source of a given object; whereas the eval function does the opposite, by evaluating that source code in a different memory
area. Let's see an example to clarify the difference,
javascript var msg = uneval(function greeting() { return "Hello, Good morning"; }); var greeting = eval(msg); greeting(); //
returns "Hello, Good morning"
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An anonymous function is a function without a name! Anonymous functions are commonly assigned to a variable name or used as a callback function. The
syntax would be as below,
[1, 2, 3].map(function(element){ //Anonymous function used as a callback function //do something }); ```
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215. ### What is the precedence order between local and global variables
A local variable takes precedence over a global variable with the same name. Let's see this behavior in an example.
javascript var msg = "Good morning"; function greeting() { msg = "Good Evening"; console.log(msg); } greeting();
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javascript var user = { firstName: "John", lastName : "Abraham", language : "en", get lang() { return this.language; } set
lang(lang) { this.language = lang; } }; console.log(user.lang); // getter access lang as en user.lang = 'fr';
console.log(user.lang); // setter used to set lang as fr
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The Object.defineProperty() static method is used to define a new property directly on an object, or modify an existing property on an object, and returns the
object. Let's see an example to know how to define property,
console.log(newObject.newProperty); // 100
newObject.newProperty = 200; // It throws an error in strict mode due to writable setting ```
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Both have similar results until unless you use classes. If you use get the property will be defined on the prototype of the object whereas using
Object.defineProperty() the property will be defined on the instance it is applied to.
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5. Useful for doing things behind the scenes with the encapsulated logic.
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220. ### Can I add getters and setters using defineProperty method
Yes, You can use the Object.defineProperty() method to add Getters and Setters. For example, the below counter object uses increment, decrement, add
and subtract properties,
// Define getters Object.defineProperty(obj, "increment", { get: function () { this.counter++; }, }); Object.defineProperty(obj, "decrement", { get: function () {
this.counter--; }, });
// Define setters Object.defineProperty(obj, "add", { set: function (value) { this.counter += value; }, }); Object.defineProperty(obj, "subtract", { set: function (value)
{ this.counter -= value; }, });
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The switch case statement in JavaScript is used for decision making purposes. In a few cases, using the switch case statement is going to be more
convenient than if-else statements. The syntax would be as below,
javascript switch (expression) { case value1: statement1; break; case value2: statement2; break; . . case valueN: statementN;
break; default: statementDefault; }
The above multi-way branch statement provides an easy way to dispatch execution to different parts of code based on the value of the expression.
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222. ### What are the conventions to be followed for the usage of switch case
5. The break statement is optional. But if it is omitted, the execution will continue on into the next case.
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A primitive data type is data that has a primitive value (which has no properties or methods). There are 7 types of primitive data types.
1. string
2. number
3. boolean
4. null
5. undefined
6. bigint
7. symbol
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224. ### What are the different ways to access object properties
objectName.property;
objectName["property"];
objectName[expression];
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3. Do not check the number of arguments received. i.e, The below function follows the above rules,
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An error object is a built in error object that provides error information when an error occurs. It has two properties: name and message. For example, the below
function logs error details,
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A SyntaxError is thrown if you try to evaluate code with a syntax error. For example, the below missing quote for the function parameter throws a syntax error
javascript try { eval("greeting('welcome)"); // Missing ' will produce an error } catch (err) { console.log(err.name); }
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228. ### What are the different error names from error object
There are 6 different types of error names returned from error object,
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4. finally: This statement is used to execute code after try and catch regardless of the result.
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1. Entry Controlled loops: In this kind of loop type, the test condition is tested before entering the loop body. For example, For Loop and While Loop comes
under this category.
2. Exit Controlled Loops: In this kind of loop type, the test condition is tested or evaluated at the end of the loop body. i.e, the loop body will execute at
least once irrespective of test condition true or false. For example, do-while loop comes under this category.
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Node.js is a server-side platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime for easily building fast and scalable network applications. It is an event-based, non-
blocking, asynchronous I/O runtime that uses Google's V8 JavaScript engine and libuv library.
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The Intl object is the namespace for the ECMAScript Internationalization API, which provides language sensitive string comparison, number formatting, and
date and time formatting. It provides access to several constructors and language sensitive functions.
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233. ### How do you perform language specific date and time formatting
You can use the Intl.DateTimeFormat object which is a constructor for objects that enable language-sensitive date and time formatting. Let's see this
behavior with an example,
javascript var date = new Date(Date.UTC(2019, 07, 07, 3, 0, 0)); console.log(new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-GB").format(date));
// 07/08/2019 console.log(new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-AU").format(date)); // 07/08/2019
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An iterator is an object which defines a sequence and a return value upon its termination. It implements the Iterator protocol with a next() method which
returns an object with two properties: value (the next value in the sequence) and done (which is true if the last value in the sequence has been consumed).
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Synchronous iteration was introduced in ES6 and it works with below set of components,
Iterable: It is an object which can be iterated over via a method whose key is Symbol.iterator. Iterator: It is an object returned by invoking [Symbol.iterator]
() on an iterable. This iterator object wraps each iterated element in an object and returns it via next() method one by one. IteratorResult: It is an object
returned by next() method. The object contains two properties; the value property contains an iterated element and the done property determines
whether the element is the last element or not.
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The Event Loop is a queue of callback functions. When an async function executes, the callback function is pushed into the queue. The JavaScript engine
doesn't start processing the event loop until the async function has finished executing the code. Note: It allows Node.js to perform non-blocking I/O
operations even though JavaScript is single-threaded.
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Call Stack is a data structure for javascript interpreters to keep track of function calls(creates execution context) in the program. It has two major actions,
1. Whenever you call a function for its execution, you are pushing it to the stack.
2. Whenever the execution is completed, the function is popped out of the stack.
3. Add the hungry() function to the call stack list and execute the code.
4. Add the eatFruits() function to the call stack list and execute the code.
5. Delete the eatFruits() function from our call stack list.
6. Delete the hungry() function from the call stack list since there are no items anymore.
Screenshot
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A decorator is an expression that evaluates to a function and that takes the target, name, and decorator descriptor as arguments. Also, it optionally returns a
decorator descriptor to install on the target object. Let's define admin decorator for user class at design time,
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1. Collator: These are the objects that enable language-sensitive string comparison.
2. DateTimeFormat: These are the objects that enable language-sensitive date and time formatting.
3. ListFormat: These are the objects that enable language-sensitive list formatting.
4. NumberFormat: Objects that enable language-sensitive number formatting.
5. PluralRules: Objects that enable plural-sensitive formatting and language-specific rules for plurals.
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The unary(+) operator is used to convert a variable to a number.If the variable cannot be converted, it will still become a number but with the value NaN. Let's
see this behavior in an action.
```javascript var x = "100"; var y = +x; console.log(typeof x, typeof y); // string, number
var a = "Hello"; var b = +a; console.log(typeof a, typeof b, b); // string, number, NaN ```
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The sort() method is used to sort the elements of an array in place and returns the sorted array. The example usage would be as below,
javascript var months = ["Aug", "Sep", "Jan", "June"]; months.sort(); console.log(months); // ["Aug", "Jan", "June", "Sep"]
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The compareFunction is used to define the sort order. If omitted, the array elements are converted to strings, then sorted according to each character's
Unicode code point value. Let's take an example to see the usage of compareFunction,
javascript let numbers = [1, 2, 5, 3, 4]; numbers.sort((a, b) => b - a); console.log(numbers); // [5, 4, 3, 2, 1]
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You can use the reverse() method to reverse the elements in an array. This method is useful to sort an array in descending order. Let's see the usage of
reverse() method in an example,
javascript let numbers = [1, 2, 5, 3, 4]; numbers.sort((a, b) => b - a); numbers.reverse(); console.log(numbers); // [1, 2, 3,
4 ,5]
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245. ### How do you find min and max value in an array
You can use Math.min and Math.max methods on array variables to find the minimum and maximum elements within an array. Let's create two functions to
find the min and max value with in an array,
```javascript var marks = [50, 20, 70, 60, 45, 30]; function findMin(arr) { return Math.min.apply(null, arr); } function findMax(arr) { return Math.max.apply(null,
arr); }
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246. ### How do you find min and max values without Math functions
You can write functions which loop through an array comparing each value with the lowest value or highest value to find the min and max values. Let's create
those functions to find min and max values,
```javascript var marks = [50, 20, 70, 60, 45, 30]; function findMin(arr) { var length = arr.length; var min = Infinity; while (length--) { if (arr[length] < min) { min =
arr[len]; } } return min; }
function findMax(arr) { var length = arr.length; var max = -Infinity; while (len--) { if (arr[length] > max) { max = arr[length]; } } return max; }
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The empty statement is a semicolon (;) indicating that no statement will be executed, even if JavaScript syntax requires one. Since there is no action with an
empty statement you might think that it's usage is quite less, but the empty statement is occasionally useful when you want to create a loop that has an empty
body. For example, you can initialize an array with zero values as below,
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You can use the import.meta object which is a meta-property exposing context-specific meta data to a JavaScript module. It contains information about the
current module, such as the module's URL. In browsers, you might get different meta data than NodeJS.
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The comma operator is used to evaluate each of its operands from left to right and returns the value of the last operand. This is totally different from comma
usage within arrays, objects, and function arguments and parameters. For example, the usage for numeric expressions would be as below,
console.log(x); // 2 ```
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It is normally used to include multiple expressions in a location that requires a single expression. One of the common usages of this comma operator is to
supply multiple parameters in a for loop. For example, the below for loop uses multiple expressions in a single location using comma operator,
You can also use the comma operator in a return statement where it processes before returning.
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TypeScript is a typed superset of JavaScript created by Microsoft that adds optional types, classes, async/await, and many other features, and compiles to
plain JavaScript. Angular built entirely in TypeScript and used as a primary language. You can install it globally as
console.log(greeting(user)); ```
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252. ### What are the differences between javascript and typescript
Optional parameters Functions support optional parameters No support of optional parameters for functions
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1. TypeScript is able to find compile time errors at the development time only and it makes sures less runtime errors. Whereas javascript is an interpreted
language.
2. TypeScript is strongly-typed or supports static typing which allows for checking type correctness at compile time. This is not available in javascript.
3. TypeScript compiler can compile the .ts files into ES3,ES4 and ES5 unlike ES6 features of javascript which may not be supported in some browsers.
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An object initializer is an expression that describes the initialization of an Object. The syntax for this expression is represented as a comma-delimited list of
zero or more pairs of property names and associated values of an object, enclosed in curly braces ({}). This is also known as literal notation. It is one of the
ways to create an object.
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The constructor method is a special method for creating and initializing an object created within a class. If you do not specify a constructor method, a default
constructor is used. The example usage of constructor would be as below,
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256. ### What happens if you write constructor more than once in a class
The "constructor" in a class is a special method and it should be defined only once in a class. i.e, If you write a constructor method more than once in a class it
will throw a SyntaxError error.
```javascript class Employee { constructor() { this.name = "John"; } constructor() { // Uncaught SyntaxError: A class may only have one constructor this.age =
30; } }
console.log(employeeObject.name); ```
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You can use the super keyword to call the constructor of a parent class. Remember that super() must be called before using 'this' reference. Otherwise it
will cause a reference error. Let's the usage of it,
```javascript class Square extends Rectangle { constructor(length) { super(length, length); this.name = "Square"; }
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You can use the Object.getPrototypeOf(obj) method to return the prototype of the specified object. i.e. The value of the internal prototype property. If
there are no inherited properties then null value is returned.
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259. ### What happens If I pass string type for getPrototype method
In ES5, it will throw a TypeError exception if the obj parameter isn't an object. Whereas in ES2015, the parameter will be coerced to an Object .
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You can use the Object.setPrototypeOf() method that sets the prototype (i.e., the internal Prototype property) of a specified object to another object or
null. For example, if you want to set prototype of a square object to rectangle object would be as follows,
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261. ### How do you check whether an object can be extendable or not
The Object.isExtensible() method is used to determine if an object is extendable or not. i.e, Whether it can have new properties added to it or not.
Note: By default, all the objects are extendable. i.e, The new properties can be added or modified.
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The Object.preventExtensions() method is used to prevent new properties from ever being added to an object. In other words, it prevents future
extensions to the object. Let's see the usage of this property,
try { Object.defineProperty(newObject, "newProperty", { // Adding new property value: 100, }); } catch (e) { console.log(e); // TypeError: Cannot define property
newProperty, object is not extensible } ```
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263. ### What are the different ways to make an object non-extensible
1. Object.preventExtensions
2. Object.seal
3. Object.freeze
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The Object.defineProperties() method is used to define new or modify existing properties directly on an object and returning the object. Let's define
multiple properties on an empty object,
Object.defineProperties(newObject, { newProperty1: { value: "John", writable: true, }, newProperty2: {}, }); ```
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The MEAN (MongoDB, Express, AngularJS, and Node.js) stack is the most popular open-source JavaScript software tech stack available for building dynamic
web apps where you can write both the server-side and client-side halves of the web project entirely in JavaScript.
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Obfuscation is the deliberate act of creating obfuscated javascript code(i.e, source or machine code) that is difficult for humans to understand. It is something
similar to encryption, but a machine can understand the code and execute it. Let's see the below function before Obfuscation,
javascript eval( (function (p, a, c, k, e, d) { e = function (c) { return c; }; if (!"".replace(/^/, String)) { while (c--) {
d[c] = k[c] || c; } k = [ function (e) { return d[e]; }, ]; e = function () { return "\\w+"; }; c = 1; } while (c--) { if
(k[c]) { p = p.replace(new RegExp("\\b" + e(c) + "\\b", "g"), k[c]); } } return p; })( "2 1(){0.3('4, 7 6 5 8')}", 9, 9,
"console|greeting|function|log|Hello|JS|to|welcome|world".split("|"), 0, {} ) );
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1. The Code size will be reduced. So data transfers between server and client will be fast.
2. It hides the business logic from outside world and protects the code from others
3. Reverse engineering is highly difficult
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Minification is the process of removing all unnecessary characters(empty spaces are removed) and variables will be renamed without changing it's
functionality. It is also a type of obfuscation .
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Normally it is recommended to use minification for heavy traffic and intensive requirements of resources. It reduces file sizes with below benefits,
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270. ### What are the differences between Obfuscation and Encryption
Definition Changing the form of any data in any other form Changing the form of information to an unreadable format by using a key
Target data format It will be converted to a complex form Converted into an unreadable format
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271. ### What are the common tools used for minification
5. prettydiff.com
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JavaScript can be used to perform HTML form validation. For example, if the form field is empty, the function needs to notify, and return false, to prevent the
form being submitted. Lets' perform user login in an html form,
html <form name="myForm" onsubmit="return validateForm()" method="post"> User name: <input type="text" name="uname" /> <input
type="submit" value="Submit" /> </form>
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You can perform HTML form validation automatically without using javascript. The validation enabled by applying the required attribute to prevent form
submission when the input is empty.
html <form method="post"> <input type="text" name="uname" required /> <input type="submit" value="Submit" /> </form>
Note: Automatic form validation does not work in Internet Explorer 9 or earlier.
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274. ### What are the DOM methods available for constraint validation
The below DOM methods are available for constraint validation on an invalid input,
2. setCustomValidity(): It is used to set the validationMessage property of an input element. Let's take an user login form with DOM validations
function myFunction() {
var userName = document.getElementById("uname");
if (!userName.checkValidity()) {
document.getElementById("message").innerHTML =
userName.validationMessage;
} else {
document.getElementById("message").innerHTML =
"Entered a valid username";
}
}
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275. ### What are the available constraint validation DOM properties
Below are the list of some of the constraint validation DOM properties available,
1. validity: It provides a list of boolean properties related to the validity of an input element.
2. validationMessage: It displays the message when the validity is false.
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The validity property of an input element provides a set of properties related to the validity of data.
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If an element's value is greater than its max attribute then rangeOverflow property returns true. For example, the below form submission throws an error if the
value is more than 100,
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No, javascript does not natively support enums. But there are different kinds of solutions to simulate them even though they may not provide exact
equivalents. For example, you can use freeze or seal on object,
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An enum is a type restricting variables to one value from a predefined set of constants. JavaScript has no enums but typescript provides built-in enum support.
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You can use the Object.getOwnPropertyNames() method which returns an array of all properties found directly in a given object. Let's the usage of it in an
example,
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The extends keyword is used in class declarations/expressions to create a class which is a child of another class. It can be used to subclass custom classes
as well as built-in objects. The syntax would be as below,
```javascript class Square extends Rectangle { constructor(length) { super(length, length); this.name = "Square"; }
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284. ### How do I modify the url without reloading the page
The window.location.url property will be helpful to modify the url but it reloads the page. HTML5 introduced the history.pushState() and
history.replaceState() methods, which allow you to add and modify history entries, respectively. For example, you can use pushState as below,
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285. ### How do you check whether an array includes a particular value or not
The Array#includes() method is used to determine whether an array includes a particular value among its entries by returning either true or false. Let's see
an example to find an element(numeric and string) within an array.
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You can use length and every method of arrays to compare two scalar(compared directly using ===) arrays. The combination of these expressions can give
the expected result,
javascript const arrayFirst = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]; const arraySecond = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]; console.log( arrayFirst.length ===
arraySecond.length && arrayFirst.every((value, index) => value === arraySecond[index]) ); // true
If you would like to compare arrays irrespective of order then you should sort them before,
javascript const arrayFirst = [2, 3, 1, 4, 5]; const arraySecond = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]; console.log( arrayFirst.length ===
arraySecond.length && arrayFirst.sort().every((value, index) => value === arraySecond[index]) ); //true
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The new URL() object accepts the url string and searchParams property of this object can be used to access the get parameters. Remember that you may
need to use polyfill or window.location to access the URL in older browsers(including IE).
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288. ### How do you print numbers with commas as thousand separators
You can use the Number.prototype.toLocaleString() method which returns a string with a language-sensitive representation such as thousand
separator,currency etc of this number.
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Both are totally unrelated programming languages and no relation between them. Java is statically typed, compiled, runs on its own VM. Whereas Javascript is
dynamically typed, interpreted, and runs in a browser and nodejs environments. Let's see the major differences in a tabular format,
Memory Uses more memory Uses less memory. Hence it will be used for web pages
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JavaScript doesn’t support namespace by default. So if you create any element(function, method, object, variable) then it becomes global and pollutes the
global namespace. Let's take an example of defining two functions without any namespace,
javascript function func1() { console.log("This is a first definition"); } function func1() { console.log("This is a second
definition"); } func1(); // This is a second definition
It always calls the second function definition. In this case, namespace will solve the name collision problem.
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Even though JavaScript lacks namespaces, we can use Objects , IIFE to create namespaces.
1. Using Object Literal Notation: Let's wrap variables and functions inside an Object literal which acts as a namespace. After that you can access them
using object notation
var namespaceOne = {
function func1() {
console.log("This is a first definition");
}
}
var namespaceTwo = {
function func1() {
console.log("This is a second definition");
}
}
namespaceOne.func1(); // This is a first definition
namespaceTwo.func1(); // This is a second definition
2. Using IIFE (Immediately invoked function expression): The outer pair of parentheses of IIFE creates a local scope for all the code inside of it and makes
the anonymous function a function expression. Due to that, you can create the same function in two different function expressions to act as a
namespace.
(function () {
function fun1() {
console.log("This is a first definition");
}
fun1();
})();
(function () {
function fun1() {
console.log("This is a second definition");
}
fun1();
})();
3. Using a block and a let/const declaration: In ECMAScript 6, you can simply use a block and a let declaration to restrict the scope of a variable to a
block.
{
let myFunction = function fun1() {
console.log("This is a first definition");
};
myFunction();
}
//myFunction(): ReferenceError: myFunction is not defined.
{
let myFunction = function fun1() {
console.log("This is a second definition");
};
myFunction();
}
//myFunction(): ReferenceError: myFunction is not defined.
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292. ### How do you invoke javascript code in an iframe from parent page
Initially iFrame needs to be accessed using either document.getElementBy or window.frames . After that contentWindow property of iFrame gives the
access for targetFunction
javascript document.getElementById("targetFrame").contentWindow.targetFunction();
window.frames[0].frameElement.contentWindow.targetFunction(); // Accessing iframe this way may not work in latest versions
chrome and firefox
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You can use the getTimezoneOffset method of the date object. This method returns the time zone difference, in minutes, from current locale (host system
settings) to UTC
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You can create both link and script elements in the DOM and append them as child to head tag. Let's create a function to add script and style resources as
below,
javascript function loadAssets(filename, filetype) { if (filetype == "css") { // External CSS file var fileReference =
document.createElement("link"); fileReference.setAttribute("rel", "stylesheet"); fileReference.setAttribute("type",
"text/css"); fileReference.setAttribute("href", filename); } else if (filetype == "js") { // External JavaScript file var
fileReference = document.createElement("script"); fileReference.setAttribute("type", "text/javascript");
fileReference.setAttribute("src", filename); } if (typeof fileReference != "undefined") document.getElementsByTagName("head")
[0].appendChild(fileReference); }
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295. ### What are the different methods to find HTML elements in DOM
If you want to access any element in an HTML page, you need to start with accessing the document object. Later you can use any of the below methods to
find the HTML element,
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jQuery is a popular cross-browser JavaScript library that provides Document Object Model (DOM) traversal, event handling, animations and AJAX interactions
by minimizing the discrepancies across browsers. It is widely famous with its philosophy of “Write less, do more”. For example, you can display welcome
message on the page load using jQuery as below,
javascript $(document).ready(function () { // It selects the document and apply the function on page load alert("Welcome to
jQuery world"); });
Note: You can download it from jquery's official site or install it from CDNs, like google.
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V8 is an open source high-performance JavaScript engine used by the Google Chrome browser, written in C++. It is also being used in the node.js project. It
implements ECMAScript and WebAssembly, and runs on Windows 7 or later, macOS 10.12+, and Linux systems that use x64, IA-32, ARM, or MIPS processors.
Note: It can run standalone, or can be embedded into any C++ application.
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298. ### Why do we call javascript as dynamic language
JavaScript is a loosely typed or a dynamic language because variables in JavaScript are not directly associated with any particular value type, and any variable
can be assigned/reassigned with values of all types.
javascript let age = 50; // age is a number now age = "old"; // age is a string now age = true; // age is a boolean
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The void operator evaluates the given expression and then returns undefined(i.e, without returning value). The syntax would be as below,
Note: This operator is often used to obtain the undefined primitive value, using "void(0)".
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The cursor can be set to wait in JavaScript by using the property "cursor". Let's perform this behavior on page load using the below function.
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You can create infinite loops using for and while loops without using any expressions. The for loop construct or syntax is better approach in terms of ESLint
and code optimizer tools,
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JavaScript's with statement was intended to provide a shorthand for writing recurring accesses to objects. So it can help reduce file size by reducing the need
to repeat a lengthy object reference without performance penalty. Let's take an example where it is used to avoid redundancy when accessing an object
several times.
But this with statement creates performance problems since one cannot predict whether an argument will refer to a real variable or to a property inside the
with argument.
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```javascript for (var i = 0; i < 4; i++) { // global scope setTimeout(() => console.log(i)); }
for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) { // block scope setTimeout(() => console.log(i)); } ```
Explanation: Due to the event queue/loop of javascript, the setTimeout callback function is called after the loop has been executed. Since the variable i is
declared with the var keyword it became a global variable and the value was equal to 4 using iteration when the time setTimeout function is invoked.
Hence, the output of the first loop is 4 4 4 4 .
Whereas in the second loop, the variable i is declared as the let keyword it becomes a block scoped variable and it holds a new value(0, 1 ,2 3) for each
iteration. Hence, the output of the first loop is 0 1 2 3 .
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12. Modules
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ES6 is the sixth edition of the javascript language and it was released in June 2015. It was initially known as ECMAScript 6 (ES6) and later renamed to
ECMAScript 2015. Almost all the modern browsers support ES6 but for the old browsers there are many transpilers, like Babel.js etc.
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No, you cannot redeclare let and const variables. If you do, it throws below error
Explanation: The variable declaration with var keyword refers to a function scope and the variable is treated as if it were declared at the top of the enclosing
scope due to hoisting feature. So all the multiple declarations contributing to the same hoisted variable without any error. Let's take an example of re-
declaring variables in the same scope for both var and let/const variables.
javascript var name = "John"; function myFunc() { var name = "Nick"; var name = "Abraham"; // Re-assigned in the same function
block alert(name); // Abraham } myFunc(); alert(name); // John
```javascript let name = "John"; function myFunc() { let name = "Nick"; let name = "Abraham"; // Uncaught SyntaxError: Identifier 'name' has already been
declared alert(name); }
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No, the const variable doesn't make the value immutable. But it disallows subsequent assignments(i.e, You can declare with assignment but can't assign
another value later)
javascript const userList = []; userList.push("John"); // Can mutate even though it can't re-assign console.log(userList); //
['John']
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In E5, we need to depend on logical OR operators to handle default values of function parameters. Whereas in ES6, Default function parameters feature allows
parameters to be initialized with default values if no value or undefined is passed. Let's compare the behavior with an examples,
```javascript //ES5 var calculateArea = function (height, width) { height = height || 50; width = width || 60;
```javascript //ES6 var calculateArea = function (height = 50, width = 60) { return width * height; };
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Template literals or template strings are string literals allowing embedded expressions. These are enclosed by the back-tick (`) character instead of double or
single quotes. In E6, this feature enables using dynamic expressions as below,
javascript var greeting = 'Welcome to JS World, Mr. ' + firstName + ' ' + lastName.`
Note: You can use multi-line strings and string interpolation features with template literals.
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In ES5, you would have to use newline escape characters('\n') and concatenation symbols(+) in order to get multi-line strings.
Whereas in ES6, You don't need to mention any newline sequence character,
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The nesting template is a feature supported within template literals syntax to allow inner backticks inside a placeholder ${ } within the template. For example,
the below nesting template is used to display the icons based on user permissions whereas outer template checks for platform type,
javascript const iconStyles = `icon ${ isMobilePlatform() ? "" : `icon-${user.isAuthorized ? "submit" : "disabled"}` }`;
You can write the above use case without nesting template features as well. However, the nesting template feature is more compact and readable.
javascript //Without nesting templates const iconStyles = `icon ${ isMobilePlatform() ? '' : (user.isAuthorized ? 'icon-
submit' : 'icon-disabled'}`;
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Tagged templates are the advanced form of templates in which tags allow you to parse template literals with a function. The tag function accepts the first
parameter as an array of strings and remaining parameters as expressions. This function can also return manipulated strings based on parameters. Let's see
the usage of this tagged template behavior of an IT professional skill set in an organization,
```javascript var user1 = "John"; var skill1 = "JavaScript"; var experience1 = 15;
function myInfoTag(strings, userExp, experienceExp, skillExp) { var str0 = strings[0]; // "Mr/Ms. " var str1 = strings[1]; // " is a/an " var str2 = strings[2]; // "in"
var expertiseStr; if (experienceExp > 10) { expertiseStr = "expert developer"; } else if (skillExp > 5 && skillExp <= 10) { expertiseStr = "senior developer"; } else {
expertiseStr = "junior developer"; }
return ${str0}${userExp}${str1}${expertiseStr}${str2}${skillExp} ; }
var output1 = myInfoTag Mr/Ms. ${user1} is a/an ${experience1} in ${skill1} ; var output2 = myInfoTag Mr/Ms. ${user2} is a/an
${experience2} in ${skill2} ;
console.log(output1); // Mr/Ms. John is a/an expert developer in JavaScript console.log(output2); // Mr/Ms. Kane is a/an junior developer in JavaScript ```
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ES6 provides a raw strings feature using the String.raw() method which is used to get the raw string form of template strings. This feature allows you to
access the raw strings as they were entered, without processing escape sequences. For example, the usage would be as below,
If you don't use raw strings, the newline character sequence will be processed by displaying the output in multiple lines
javascript var calculationString = `The sum of numbers is \n${1 + 2 + 3 + 4}!`; console.log(calculationString); // The sum of
numbers is // 10
Also, the raw property is available on the first argument to the tag function
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The destructuring assignment is a JavaScript expression that makes it possible to unpack values from arrays or properties from objects into distinct variables.
Let's get the month values from an array using destructuring assignment
and you can get user properties of an object using destructuring assignment,
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A variable can be assigned a default value when the value unpacked from the array or object is undefined during destructuring assignment. It helps to avoid
setting default values separately for each assignment. Let's take an example for both arrays and object use cases,
Arrays destructuring:
```javascript var x, y, z;
Objects destructuring:
```javascript var { x = 2, y = 4, z = 6 } = { x: 10 };
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If you don't use destructuring assignment, swapping two values requires a temporary variable. Whereas using a destructuring feature, two variable values can
be swapped in one destructuring expression. Let's swap two number variables in array destructuring assignment,
```javascript var x = 10, y = 20;
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Object literals make it easy to quickly create objects with properties inside the curly braces. For example, it provides shorter syntax for common object
property definition as below.
javascript //ES6 var x = 10, y = 20; obj = { x, y }; console.log(obj); // {x: 10, y:20} //ES5 var x = 10, y = 20; obj = { x:
x, y: y }; console.log(obj); // {x: 10, y:20}
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The dynamic imports using import() function syntax allows us to load modules on demand by using promises or the async/await syntax. Currently this
feature is in stage4 proposal. The main advantage of dynamic imports is reduction of our bundle's sizes, the size/payload response of our requests and overall
improvements in the user experience. The syntax of dynamic imports would be as below,
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319. ### What are the use cases for dynamic imports
Below are some of the use cases of using dynamic imports over static imports,
1. Import a module on-demand or conditionally. For example, if you want to load a polyfill on legacy browser
if (isLegacyBrowser()) {
import(···)
.then(···);
}
2. Compute the module specifier at runtime. For example, you can use it for internationalization.
import(`messages_${getLocale()}.js`).then(···);
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Typed arrays are array-like objects from ECMAScript 6 API for handling binary data. JavaScript provides 8 Typed array types,
For example, you can create an array of 8-bit signed integers as below
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1. Dynamic loading
2. State isolation
3. Global namespace isolation
4. Compilation hooks
5. Nested virtualization
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Collation is used for sorting a set of strings and searching within a set of strings. It is parameterized by locale and aware of Unicode. Let's take comparison
and sorting features,
1. Comparison:
var list = ["ä", "a", "z"]; // In German, "ä" sorts with "a" Whereas in Swedish, "ä" sorts after "z"
var l10nDE = new Intl.Collator("de");
var l10nSV = new Intl.Collator("sv");
console.log(l10nDE.compare("ä", "z") === -1); // true
console.log(l10nSV.compare("ä", "z") === +1); // true
2. Sorting:
var list = ["ä", "a", "z"]; // In German, "ä" sorts with "a" Whereas in Swedish, "ä" sorts after "z"
var l10nDE = new Intl.Collator("de");
var l10nSV = new Intl.Collator("sv");
console.log(list.sort(l10nDE.compare)); // [ "a", "ä", "z" ]
console.log(list.sort(l10nSV.compare)); // [ "a", "z", "ä" ]
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The for...of statement creates a loop iterating over iterable objects or elements such as built-in String, Array, Array-like objects (like arguments or NodeList),
TypedArray, Map, Set, and user-defined iterables. The basic usage of for...of statement on arrays would be as below,
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The output of the array is ['J', 'o', 'h', 'n', '', 'R', 'e', 's', 'i', 'g'] Explanation: The string is an iterable type and the spread operator within an array maps every character
of an iterable to one element. Hence, each character of a string becomes an element within an Array.
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Yes, postMessages can be considered very secure as long as the programmer/developer is careful about checking the origin and source of an arriving
message. But if you try to send/receive a message without verifying its source will create cross-site scripting attacks.
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326. ### What are the problems with postmessage target origin as wildcard
The second argument of postMessage method specifies which origin is allowed to receive the message. If you use the wildcard “*” as an argument then any
origin is allowed to receive the message. In this case, there is no way for the sender window to know if the target window is at the target origin when sending
the message. If the target window has been navigated to another origin, the other origin would receive the data. Hence, this may lead to XSS vulnerabilities.
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Since the listener listens for any message, an attacker can trick the application by sending a message from the attacker’s origin, which gives an impression
that the receiver received the message from the actual sender’s window. You can avoid this issue by validating the origin of the message on the receiver's end
using the “message.origin” attribute. For examples, let's check the sender's origin http://www.some-sender.com on receiver side www.some-receiver.com,
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You cannot avoid using postMessages completely(or 100%). Even though your application doesn’t use postMessage considering the risks, a lot of third party
scripts use postMessage to communicate with the third party service. So your application might be using postMessage without your knowledge.
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The postMessages are synchronous in IE8 browser but they are asynchronous in IE9 and all other modern browsers (i.e, IE9+, Firefox, Chrome, Safari).Due to
this asynchronous behaviour, we use a callback mechanism when the postMessage is returned.
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JavaScript is a multi-paradigm language, supporting imperative/procedural programming, Object-Oriented Programming and functional programming.
JavaScript supports Object-Oriented Programming with prototypical inheritance.
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331. ### What is the difference between internal and external javascript
Internal JavaScript: It is the source code within the script tag. External JavaScript: The source code is stored in an external file(stored with .js extension) and
referred with in the tag.
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Yes, JavaScript is faster than server side script. Because JavaScript is a client-side script it does not require any web server’s help for its computation or
calculation. So JavaScript is always faster than any server-side script like ASP, PHP, etc.
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You can apply the checked property on the selected checkbox in the DOM. If the value is True means the checkbox is checked otherwise it is unchecked.
For example, the below HTML checkbox element can be access using javascript as below,
html <input type="checkbox" name="checkboxname" value="Agree" /> Agree the conditions<br />
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The double tilde operator(~~) is known as double NOT bitwise operator. This operator is going to be a quicker substitute for Math.floor().
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You can use the String.prototype.charCodeAt() method to convert string characters to ASCII numbers. For example, let's find ASCII code for the first
letter of 'ABC' string,
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An ArrayBuffer object is used to represent a generic, fixed-length raw binary data buffer. You can create it as below,
javascript //Create a DataView referring to the buffer let view = new DataView(buffer);
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The output of the above expression is "W". Explanation: The bracket notation with specific index on a string returns the character at a specific location. Hence,
it returns the character "W" of the string. Since this is not supported in IE7 and below versions, you may need to use the .charAt() method to get the desired
result.
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The Error constructor creates an error object and the instances of error objects are thrown when runtime errors occur. The Error object can also be used as a
base object for user-defined exceptions. The syntax of error object would be as below,
You can throw user defined exceptions or errors using Error object in try...catch block as below,
javascript try { if (withdraw > balance) throw new Error("Oops! You don't have enough balance"); } catch (e) {
console.log(e.name + ": " + e.message); }
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The EvalError object indicates an error regarding the global eval() function. Even though this exception is not thrown by JavaScript anymore, the EvalError
object remains for compatibility. The syntax of this expression would be as below,
javascript try { throw new EvalError('Eval function error', 'someFile.js', 100); } catch (e) { console.log(e.message, e.name,
e.fileName); // "Eval function error", "EvalError", "someFile.js"
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340. ### What are the list of cases error thrown from non-strict mode to strict mode
When you apply 'use strict'; syntax, some of the below cases will throw a SyntaxError before executing the script
var n = 022;
if (someCondition) {
function f() {}
}
Hence, the errors from above cases are helpful to avoid errors in development/production environments.
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No. All objects have prototypes except for the base object which is created by the user, or an object that is created using the new keyword.
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Parameter is the variable name of a function definition whereas an argument represents the value given to a function when it is invoked. Let's explain this with
a simple function
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The some() method is used to test whether at least one element in the array passes the test implemented by the provided function. The method returns a
boolean value. Let's take an example to test for any odd elements,
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The concat() method is used to join two or more arrays by returning a new array containing all the elements. The syntax would be as below,
Let's take an example of array's concatenation with veggies and fruits arrays,
javascript var veggies = ["Tomato", "Carrot", "Cabbage"]; var fruits = ["Apple", "Orange", "Pears"]; var veggiesAndFruits =
veggies.concat(fruits); console.log(veggiesAndFruits); // Tomato, Carrot, Cabbage, Apple, Orange, Pears
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345. ### What is the difference between Shallow and Deep copy
Shallow Copy: Shallow copy is a bitwise copy of an object. A new object is created that has an exact copy of the values in the original object. If any of the fields
of the object are references to other objects, just the reference addresses are copied i.e., only the memory address is copied.
Example
javascript var empDetails = { name: "John", age: 25, expertise: "Software Developer", };
to create a duplicate
The above statement will also change the name of empDetails , since we have a shallow copy. That means we're losing the original data as well.
Deep copy: A deep copy copies all fields, and makes copies of dynamically allocated memory pointed to by the fields. A deep copy occurs when an object is
copied along with the objects to which it refers.
Example
javascript var empDetails = { name: "John", age: 25, expertise: "Software Developer", };
Create a deep copy by using the properties from the original object into new variable
Now if you change empDetailsDeepCopy.name , it will only affect empDetailsDeepCopy & not empDetails
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The repeat() method is used to construct and return a new string which contains the specified number of copies of the string on which it was called,
concatenated together. Remember that this method has been added to the ECMAScript 2015 specification. Let's take an example of Hello string to repeat it 4
times,
347. ### How do you return all matching strings against a regular expression
The matchAll() method can be used to return an iterator of all results matching a string against a regular expression. For example, the below example
returns an array of matching string results against a regular expression,
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The trim method of string prototype is used to trim on both sides of a string. But if you want to trim especially at the beginning or ending of the string then
you can use trimStart/trimLeft and trimEnd/trimRight methods. Let's see an example of these methods on a greeting message,
console.log(greeting); // " Hello, Goodmorning! " console.log(greeting.trimStart()); // "Hello, Goodmorning! " console.log(greeting.trimLeft()); // "Hello,
Goodmorning! "
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349. ### What is the output of below console statement with unary operator
javascript console.log(+"Hello");
The output of the above console log statement returns NaN. Because the element is prefixed by the unary operator and the JavaScript interpreter will try to
convert that element into a number type. Since the conversion fails, the value of the statement results in NaN value.
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Mixin is a generic object-oriented programming term - is a class containing methods that can be used by other classes without a need to inherit from it. In
JavaScript we can only inherit from a single object. ie. There can be only one [[prototype]] for an object.
But sometimes we require to extend more than one, to overcome this we can use Mixin which helps to copy methods to the prototype of another class.
Say for instance, we've two classes User and CleanRoom . Suppose we need to add CleanRoom functionality to User , so that user can clean the room at
demand. Here's where concept called mixins comes into picture.
```javascript // mixin let cleanRoomMixin = { cleanRoom() { alert( Hello ${this.name}, your room is clean now ); }, sayBye() { alert( Bye
${this.name} ); }, };
// now User can clean the room new User("Dude").cleanRoom(); // Hello Dude, your room is clean now! ```
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A thunk is just a function which delays the evaluation of the value. It doesn’t take any arguments but gives the value whenever you invoke the thunk. i.e, It is
used not to execute now but it will be sometime in the future. Let's take a synchronous example,
thunk(); // 5 ```
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352. ### What are asynchronous thunks
The asynchronous thunks are useful to make network requests. Let's see an example of network requests,
```javascript function fetchData(fn) { fetch("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1") .then((response) => response.json()) .then((json) => fn(json)); }
asyncThunk(); ```
The getData function won't be called immediately but it will be invoked only when the data is available from API endpoint. The setTimeout function is also
used to make our code asynchronous. The best real time example is redux state management library which uses the asynchronous thunks to delay the actions
to dispatch.
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Code snippet:
javascript const circle = { radius: 20, diameter() { return this.radius * 2; }, perimeter: () => 2 * Math.PI * this.radius, };
Output:
The output is 40 and NaN. Remember that diameter is a regular function, whereas the value of perimeter is an arrow function. The this keyword of a regular
function(i.e, diameter) refers to the surrounding scope which is a class(i.e, Shape object). Whereas this keyword of perimeter function refers to the
surrounding scope which is a window object. Since there is no radius property on window objects it returns an undefined value and the multiple of number
value returns NaN value.
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The easiest approach is using regular expressions to detect and replace newlines in the string. In this case, we use replace function along with string to
replace with, which in our case is an empty string.
In the above expression, g and m are for global and multiline flags.
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A repaint occurs when changes are made which affect the visibility of an element, but not its layout. Examples of this include outline, visibility, or background
color. A reflow involves changes that affect the layout of a portion of the page (or the whole page). Resizing the browser window, changing the font, content
changing (such as user typing text), using JavaScript methods involving computed styles, adding or removing elements from the DOM, and changing an
element's classes are a few of the things that can trigger reflow. Reflow of an element causes the subsequent reflow of all child and ancestor elements as well
as any elements following it in the DOM.
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Negating an array with ! character will coerce the array into a boolean. Since Arrays are considered to be truthy So negating it will return false .
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If you add two arrays together, it will convert them both to strings and concatenate them. For example, the result of adding arrays would be as below,
javascript console.log(["a"] + ["b"]); // "ab" console.log([] + []); // "" console.log(![] + []); // "false", because ![]
returns false.
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358. ### What is the output of prepend additive operator on falsy values
If you prepend the additive(+) operator on falsy values(null, undefined, NaN, false, ""), the falsy value converts to a number value zero. Let's display them on
browser console as below,
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359. ### How do you create self string using special characters
The self string can be formed with the combination of []()!+ characters. You need to remember the below conventions to achieve this pattern.
1. Since Arrays are truthful values, negating the arrays will produce false: ![] === false
2. As per JavaScript coercion rules, the addition of arrays together will toString them: [] + [] === ""
3. Prepend an array with + operator will convert an array to false, the negation will make it true and finally converting the result will produce value '1': +(!(+
[])) === 1
s e l f
^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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You can apply the filter method on the array by passing Boolean as a parameter. This way it removes all falsy values(0, undefined, null, false and "") from the
array.
javascript const myArray = [false, null, 1, 5, undefined]; myArray.filter(Boolean); // [1, 5] // is same as myArray.filter(x
=> x);
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You can get unique values of an array with the combination of Set and rest expression/spread(...) syntax.
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Sometimes you would like to have a destructured variable with a different name than the property name. In that case, you'll use a : newName to specify a
name for the variable. This process is called destructuring aliases.
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363. ### How do you map the array values without using map method
You can map the array values without using the map method by just using the from method of Array. Let's map city names from Countries array,
```javascript const countries = [ { name: "India", capital: "Delhi" }, { name: "US", capital: "Washington" }, { name: "Russia", capital: "Moscow" }, { name: "Singapore",
capital: "Singapore" }, { name: "China", capital: "Beijing" }, { name: "France", capital: "Paris" }, ];
const cityNames = Array.from(countries, ({ capital }) => capital); console.log(cityNames); // ['Delhi, 'Washington', 'Moscow', 'Singapore', 'Beijing', 'Paris'] ```
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You can empty an array quickly by setting the array length to zero.
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You can round numbers to a certain number of decimals using toFixed method from native javascript.
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You can convert an array to an object with the same data using spread(...) operator.
javascript var fruits = ["banana", "apple", "orange", "watermelon"]; var fruitsObject = { ...fruits };
console.log(fruitsObject); // {0: "banana", 1: "apple", 2: "orange", 3: "watermelon"}
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You can create an array with some data or an array with the same values using fill method.
javascript var newArray = new Array(5).fill("0"); console.log(newArray); // ["0", "0", "0", "0", "0"]
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1. %o — It takes an object,
2. %s — It takes a string,
3. %d — It is used for a decimal or integer These placeholders can be represented in the console.log as below
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Yes, you can apply CSS styles to console messages similar to html text on the web page.
javascript console.log( "%c The text has blue color, with large font and red background", "color: blue; font-size: x-large;
background: red" );
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The console.dir() is used to display an interactive list of the properties of the specified JavaScript object as JSON.
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Yes, it is possible to get and debug HTML elements in the console just like inspecting elements.
Screenshot
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372. ### How do you display data in a tabular format using console object
The console.table() is used to display data in the console in a tabular format to visualize complex arrays or objects.
js const users = [ { name: "John", id: 1, city: "Delhi" }, { name: "Max", id: 2, city: "London" }, { name: "Rod", id: 3, city:
"Paris" }, ]; console.table(users);
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The combination of IsNaN and isFinite methods are used to confirm whether an argument is a number or not.
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You need to select the content(using .select() method) of the input element and execute the copy command with execCommand (i.e, execCommand('copy')).
You can also execute other system commands like cut and paste.
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You can use new Date().getTime() to get the current timestamp. There is an alternative shortcut to get the value.
javascript console.log(+new Date()); console.log(Date.now());
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javascript const biDimensionalArr = [11, [22, 33], [44, 55], [66, 77], 88, 99]; const flattenArr =
[].concat(...biDimensionalArr); // [11, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66, 77, 88, 99]
But you can make it work with multi-dimensional arrays by recursive calls,
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You can use indexOf to compare input with multiple values instead of checking each value as one condition.
javascript // Verbose approach if ( input === "first" || input === 1 || input === "second" || input === 2 ) { someFunction();
} // Shortcut if (["first", 1, "second", 2].indexOf(input) !== -1) { someFunction(); }
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The window.onbeforeunload method is used to capture browser back button events. This is helpful to warn users about losing the current data.
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379. ### How do you disable right click in the web page
The right click on the page can be disabled by returning false from the oncontextmenu attribute on the body element.
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Primitive Values like string,number and boolean don't have properties and methods but they are temporarily converted or coerced to an object(Wrapper object)
when you try to perform actions on them. For example, if you apply toUpperCase() method on a primitive string value, it does not throw an error but returns
uppercase of the string.
i.e, Every primitive except null and undefined have Wrapper Objects and the list of wrapper objects are String,Number,Boolean,Symbol and BigInt.
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AJAX stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML and it is a group of related technologies(HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XMLHttpRequest API etc) used to
display data asynchronously. i.e. We can send data to the server and get data from the server without reloading the web page.
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382. ### What are the different ways to deal with Asynchronous Code
Below are the list of different ways to deal with Asynchronous code.
1. Callbacks
2. Promises
3. Async/await
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Until a few days back, One shortcoming of native promises is no direct way to cancel a fetch request. But the new AbortController from js specification
allows you to use a signal to abort one or multiple fetch calls. The basic flow of cancelling a fetch request would be as below,
3. Call the AbortController's abort property to cancel all fetches that use that signal For example, let's pass the same signal to multiple fetch calls will
cancel all requests with that signal,
const controller = new AbortController();
const { signal } = controller;
fetch("http://localhost:8000", { signal })
.then((response) => {
console.log(`Request 1 is complete!`);
})
.catch((e) => {
if (e.name === "AbortError") {
// We know it's been canceled!
}
});
fetch("http://localhost:8000", { signal })
.then((response) => {
console.log(`Request 2 is complete!`);
})
.catch((e) => {
if (e.name === "AbortError") {
// We know it's been canceled!
}
});
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Web speech API is used to enable modern browsers recognize and synthesize speech(i.e, voice data into web apps). This API has been introduced by W3C
Community in the year 2012. It has two main parts,
1. SpeechRecognition (Asynchronous Speech Recognition or Speech-to-Text): It provides the ability to recognize voice context from an audio input and
respond accordingly. This is accessed by the SpeechRecognition interface. The below example shows on how to use this API to get text from
speech,
window.SpeechRecognition =
window.webkitSpeechRecognition || window.SpeechRecognition; // webkitSpeechRecognition for Chrome and SpeechRecognition for FF
const recognition = new window.SpeechRecognition();
recognition.onresult = (event) => {
// SpeechRecognitionEvent type
const speechToText = event.results[0][0].transcript;
console.log(speechToText);
};
recognition.start();
In this API, browser is going to ask you for permission to use your microphone
2. SpeechSynthesis (Text-to-Speech): It provides the ability to recognize voice context from an audio input and respond. This is accessed by the
SpeechSynthesis interface. For example, the below code is used to get voice/speech from text,
if ("speechSynthesis" in window) {
var speech = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance("Hello World!");
speech.lang = "en-US";
window.speechSynthesis.speak(speech);
}
The above examples can be tested on chrome(33+) browser's developer console.Note: This API is still a working draft and only available in Chrome
and Firefox browsers(ofcourse Chrome only implemented the specification)
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Both browser and NodeJS javascript environments throttles with a minimum delay that is greater than 0ms. That means even though setting a delay of 0ms
will not happen instantaneously. Browsers: They have a minimum delay of 4ms. This throttle occurs when successive calls are triggered due to callback
nesting(certain depth) or after a certain number of successive intervals. Note: The older browsers have a minimum delay of 10ms. Nodejs: They have a
minimum delay of 1ms. This throttle happens when the delay is larger than 2147483647 or less than 1. The best example to explain this timeout throttling
behavior is the order of below code snippet.
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You can't use setTimeout(fn, 0) to execute the code immediately due to minimum delay of greater than 0ms. But you can use window.postMessage() to
achieve this behavior.
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A task is any javascript code/program which is scheduled to be run by the standard mechanisms such as initially starting to run a program, run an event
callback, or an interval or timeout being fired. All these tasks are scheduled on a task queue. Below are the list of use cases to add tasks to the task queue,
1. When a new javascript program is executed directly from console or running by the <script> element, the task will be added to the task queue.
2. When an event fires, the event callback added to task queue
3. When a setTimeout or setInterval is reached, the corresponding callback added to task queue
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Microtask is the javascript code which needs to be executed immediately after the currently executing task/microtask is completed. They are kind of blocking
in nature. i.e, The main thread will be blocked until the microtask queue is empty. The main sources of microtasks are Promise.resolve, Promise.reject,
MutationObservers, IntersectionObservers etc
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It is known that not all JavaScript libraries or frameworks have TypeScript declaration files. But if you still want to use libraries or frameworks in our
TypeScript files without getting compilation errors, the only solution is declare keyword along with a variable declaration. For example, let's imagine you
have a library called customLibrary that doesn’t have a TypeScript declaration and have a namespace called customLibrary in the global namespace.
You can use this library in typescript code as below,
In the runtime, typescript will provide the type to the customLibrary variable as any type. The another alternative without using declare keyword is below
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392. ### What are the differences between promises and observables
Promises Observables
Eager in nature; they are going to be called immediately Lazy in nature; they require subscription to be invoked
Doesn't provide any operators Provides operators such as map, forEach, filter, reduce, retry, and retryWhen etc
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Heap(Or memory heap) is the memory location where objects are stored when we define variables. i.e, This is the place where all the memory allocations and
de-allocation take place. Both heap and call-stack are two containers of JS runtime. Whenever runtime comes across variables and function declarations in
the code it stores them in the Heap.
Screenshot
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Event Table is a data structure that stores and keeps track of all the events which will be executed asynchronously like after some time interval or after the
resolution of some API requests. i.e Whenever you call a setTimeout function or invoke async operation, it is added to the Event Table. It doesn't not execute
functions on it’s own. The main purpose of the event table is to keep track of events and send them to the Event Queue as shown in the below diagram.
Screenshot
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Microtask Queue is the new queue where all the tasks initiated by promise objects get processed before the callback queue. The microtasks queue are
processed before the next rendering and painting jobs. But if these microtasks are running for a long time then it leads to visual degradation.
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A shim is a library that brings a new API to an older environment, using only the means of that environment. It isn't necessarily restricted to a web application.
For example, es5-shim.js is used to emulate ES5 features on older browsers (mainly pre IE9). Whereas polyfill is a piece of code (or plugin) that provides the
technology that you, the developer, expect the browser to provide natively. In a simple sentence, A polyfill is a shim for a browser API.
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397. ### How do you detect primitive or non primitive value type
In JavaScript, primitive types include boolean, string, number, BigInt, null, Symbol and undefined. Whereas non-primitive types include the Objects. But you can
easily identify them with the below function,
```javascript var myPrimitive = 30; var myNonPrimitive = {}; function isPrimitive(val) { return Object(val) !== val; }
If the value is a primitive data type, the Object constructor creates a new wrapper object for the value. But If the value is a non-primitive data type (an object),
the Object constructor will give the same object.
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Babel is a JavaScript transpiler to convert ECMAScript 2015+ code into a backwards compatible version of JavaScript in current and older browsers or
environments. Some of the main features are listed below,
1. Transform syntax
2. Polyfill features that are missing in your target environment (using @babel/polyfill)
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Node is a single thread, but some of the functions included in the Node.js standard library(e.g, fs module functions) are not single threaded. i.e, Their logic
runs outside of the Node.js single thread to improve the speed and performance of a program.
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Some of the most common use cases of observables are web sockets with push notifications, user input changes, repeating intervals, etc
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RxJS (Reactive Extensions for JavaScript) is a library for implementing reactive programming using observables that makes it easier to compose
asynchronous or callback-based code. It also provides utility functions for creating and working with observables.
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402. ### What is the difference between Function constructor and function declaration
The functions which are created with Function constructor do not create closures to their creation contexts but they are always created in the global
scope. i.e, the function can access its own local variables and global scope variables only. Whereas function declarations can access outer function
variables(closures) too.
Function Constructor:
javascript var a = 100; function createFunction() { var a = 200; return new Function("return a;"); }
console.log(createFunction()()); // 100
Function declaration:
javascript var a = 100; function createFunction() { var a = 200; return function func() { return a; }; }
console.log(createFunction()()); // 200
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Short circuit conditions are meant for condensed way of writing simple if statements. Let's demonstrate the scenario using an example. If you would like to
login to a portal with an authentication condition, the expression would be as below,
Since the javascript logical operators evaluated from left to right, the above expression can be simplified using && logical operator
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The length property of an array is useful to resize or empty an array quickly. Let's apply length property on number array to resize the number of elements from
5 to 2,
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An Observable is basically a function that can return a stream of values either synchronously or asynchronously to an observer over time. The consumer can
get the value by calling subscribe() method. Let's look at a simple example of an Observable
const observable = new Observable((observer) => { setTimeout(() => { observer.next("Message from a Observable!"); }, 3000); });
Screenshot
Note: Observables are not part of the JavaScript language yet but they are being proposed to be added to the language
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406. ### What is the difference between function and class declarations
The main difference between function declarations and class declarations is hoisting . The function declarations are hoisted but not class declarations.
Classes:
Constructor Function:
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An async function is a function declared with the async keyword which enables asynchronous, promise-based behavior to be written in a cleaner style by
avoiding promise chains. These functions can contain zero or more await expressions.
javascript async function logger() { let data = await fetch("http://someapi.com/users"); // pause until fetch returns
console.log(data); } logger();
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While using asynchronous code, JavaScript’s ES6 promises can make your life a lot easier without having callback pyramids and error handling on every
second line. But Promises have some pitfalls and the biggest one is swallowing errors by default.
Let's say you expect to print an error to the console for all the below cases,
But there are many modern JavaScript environments that won't print any errors. You can fix this problem in different ways,
1. Add catch block at the end of each chain: You can add catch block to the end of each of your promise chains
Promise.resolve("promised value")
.then(function () {
throw new Error("error");
})
.catch(function (error) {
console.error(error.stack);
});
But it is quite difficult to type for each promise chain and verbose too.
2. Add done method: You can replace first solution's then and catch blocks with done method
Promise.resolve("promised value").done(function () {
throw new Error("error");
});
Let's say you want to fetch data using HTTP and later perform processing on the resulting data asynchronously. You can write done block as below,
getDataFromHttp()
.then(function (result) {
return processDataAsync(result);
})
.done(function (processed) {
displayData(processed);
});
In future, if the processing library API changed to synchronous then you can remove done block as below,
getDataFromHttp().then(function (result) {
return displayData(processDataAsync(result));
});
and then you forgot to add done block to then block leads to silent errors.
3. Extend ES6 Promises by Bluebird: Bluebird extends the ES6 Promises API to avoid the issue in the second solution. This library has a “default”
onRejection handler which will print all errors from rejected Promises to stderr. After installation, you can process unhandled rejections
Promise.onPossiblyUnhandledRejection(function (error) {
throw error;
});
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Deno is a simple, modern and secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript that uses V8 JavaScript engine and the Rust programming language.
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By default, plain objects are not iterable. But you can make the object iterable by defining a Symbol.iterator property on it.
```javascript const collection = { one: 1, two: 2, three: 3, Symbol.iterator { const values = Object.keys(this); let i = 0; return { next: () => { return { value:
this[values[i++]], done: i > values.length, }; }, }; }, };
console.log(iterator.next()); // → {value: 1, done: false} console.log(iterator.next()); // → {value: 2, done: false} console.log(iterator.next()); // → {value: 3, done:
false} console.log(iterator.next()); // → {value: undefined, done: true} ```
javascript const collection = { one: 1, two: 2, three: 3, [Symbol.iterator]: function* () { for (let key in this) { yield
this[key]; } }, }; const iterator = collection[Symbol.iterator](); console.log(iterator.next()); // {value: 1, done: false}
console.log(iterator.next()); // {value: 2, done: false} console.log(iterator.next()); // {value: 3, done: false}
console.log(iterator.next()); // {value: undefined, done: true}
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First, we should know about tail call before talking about "Proper Tail Call". A tail call is a subroutine or function call performed as the final action of a calling
function. Whereas Proper tail call(PTC) is a technique where the program or code will not create additional stack frames for a recursion when the function call
is a tail call.
For example, the below classic or head recursion of factorial function relies on stack for each step. Each step need to be processed upto n * factorial(n
- 1)
javascript function factorial(n) { if (n === 0) { return 1; } return n * factorial(n - 1); } console.log(factorial(5)); //120
But if you use Tail recursion functions, they keep passing all the necessary data it needs down the recursion without relying on the stack.
javascript function factorial(n, acc = 1) { if (n === 0) { return acc; } return factorial(n - 1, n * acc); }
console.log(factorial(5)); //120
The above pattern returns the same output as the first one. But the accumulator keeps track of total as an argument without using stack memory on recursive
calls.
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If you don't know if a value is a promise or not, wrapping the value as Promise.resolve(value) which returns a promise
```javascript function isPromise(object) { if (Promise && Promise.resolve) { return Promise.resolve(object) == object; } else { throw "Promise not supported in
your environment"; } }
```javascript function isPromise(value) { return Boolean(value && typeof value.then === "function"); } var i = 1; var promise = new Promise(function (resolve,
reject) { resolve(); });
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You can use new.target pseudo-property to detect whether a function was called as a constructor(using the new operator) or as a regular function call.
1. If a constructor or function invoked using the new operator, new.target returns a reference to the constructor or function.
function Myfunc() {
if (new.target) {
console.log('called with new');
} else {
console.log('not called with new');
}
}
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414. ### What are the differences between arguments object and rest parameter
There are three main differences between arguments object and rest parameters
1. The arguments object is an array-like but not an array. Whereas the rest parameters are array instances.
2. The arguments object does not support methods such as sort, map, forEach, or pop. Whereas these methods can be used in rest parameters.
3. The rest parameters are only the ones that haven’t been given a separate name, while the arguments object contains all arguments passed to the
function
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415. ### What are the differences between spread operator and rest parameter
Rest parameter collects all remaining elements into an array. Whereas Spread operator allows iterables( arrays / objects / strings ) to be expanded into single
arguments/elements. i.e, Rest parameter is opposite to the spread operator.
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function* myGenFunc() {
yield 1;
yield 2;
yield 3;
}
const genObj = myGenFunc();
const myObj = {
*myGeneratorMethod() {
yield 1;
yield 2;
yield 3;
},
};
const genObj = myObj.myGeneratorMethod();
class MyClass {
*myGeneratorMethod() {
yield 1;
yield 2;
yield 3;
}
}
const myObject = new MyClass();
const genObj = myObject.myGeneratorMethod();
const SomeObj = {
*[Symbol.iterator]() {
yield 1;
yield 2;
yield 3;
},
};
console.log(Array.from(SomeObj)); // [ 1, 2, 3 ]
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418. ### What are the differences between for...of and for...in statements
Both for...in and for...of statements iterate over js data structures. The only difference is over what they iterate:
arr.newProp = "newVlue";
Since for..in loop iterates over the keys of the object, the first loop logs 0, 1, 2 and newProp while iterating over the array object. The for..of loop iterates
over the values of a arr data structure and logs a, b, c in the console.
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The Instance properties must be defined inside of class methods. For example, name and age properties defined insider constructor as below,
But Static(class) and prototype data properties must be defined outside of the ClassBody declaration. Let's assign the age value for Person class as below,
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1. isNaN: The global function isNaN converts the argument to a Number and returns true if the resulting value is NaN.
2. Number.isNaN : This method does not convert the argument. But it returns true when the type is a Number and value is NaN.
isNaN(‘hello’); // true
Number.isNaN('hello'); // false
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Immediately Invoked Function Expressions(IIFE) requires a pair of parenthesis to wrap the function which contains set of statements.
Since both IIFE and void operator discard the result of an expression, you can avoid the extra brackets using void operator for IIFE as below,
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You might have seen expressions used in switch condition but it is also possible to use for switch cases by assigning true value for the switch condition. Let's
see the weather condition based on temparature as an example,
js const weather = (function getWeather(temp) { switch (true) { case temp < 0: return "freezing"; case temp < 10: return
"cold"; case temp < 24: return "cool"; default: return "unknown"; } })(10);
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The easiest and safest way to ignore promise errors is void that error. This approach is ESLint friendly too.
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You can add CSS styling to the console output using the CSS format content specifier %c. The console string message can be appended after the specifier
and CSS style in another argument. Let's print the red the color text using console.log and CSS specifier as below,
It is also possible to add more styles for the content. For example, the font-size can be modified for the above text
js console.log( "%cThis is a red text with bigger font", "color:red; font-size:20px" );
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It is a logical operator that returns its right-hand side operand when its left-hand side operand is null or undefined, and otherwise returns its left-hand side
operand. This can be contrasted with the logical OR (||) operator, which returns the right-hand side operand if the left operand is any falsy value, not only null or
undefined.
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The console.group() can be used to group related log messages to be able to easily read the logs and use console.groupEnd()to close the group. Along
with this, you can also nest groups which allows to output message in hierarchical manner.
// Nested Group console.group("Address"); console.log("Street: Commonwealth"); console.log("City: Los Angeles"); console.log("State: California");
console.groupEnd(); ```
You can also use console.groupCollapsed() instead of console.group() if you want the groups to be collapsed by default.
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427. ### What is the difference between dense and sparse arrays?
An array contains items at each index starting from first(0) to last(array.length - 1) is called as Dense array. Whereas if at least one item is missing at any
index, the array is called as sparse.
```js const avengers = ["Ironman", "Hulk", "CaptainAmerica"]; console.log(avengers[0]); // 'Ironman' console.log(avengers[1]); // 'Hulk' console.log(avengers[2]);
// 'CaptainAmerica' console.log(avengers.length); // 3
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428. ### What are the different ways to create sparse arrays?
1. Array literal: Omit a value when using the array literal js const justiceLeague = ["Superman", "Aquaman", , "Batman"];
console.log(justiceLeague); // ['Superman', 'Aquaman', empty ,'Batman']
2. Array() constructor: Invoking Array(length) or new Array(length) js const array = Array(3); console.log(array); // [empty, empty
,empty]
3. Delete operator: Using delete array[index] operator on the array js const justiceLeague = ["Superman", "Aquaman", "Batman"]; delete
justiceLeague[1]; console.log(justiceLeague); // ['Superman', empty, ,'Batman']
4. Increase length property: Increasing length property of an array js const justiceLeague = ['Superman', 'Aquaman', 'Batman'];
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429. ### What is the difference between setTimeout, setImmediate and process.nextTick?
1. Set Timeout: setTimeout() is to schedule execution of a one-time callback after delay milliseconds.
2. Set Immediate: The setImmediate function is used to execute a function right after the current event loop finishes.
3. Process NextTick: If process.nextTick() is called in a given phase, all the callbacks passed to process.nextTick() will be resolved before the event loop
continues. This will block the event loop and create I/O Starvation if process.nextTick() is called recursively.
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430. ### How do you reverse an array without modifying original array?
The reverse() method reverses the order of the elements in an array but it mutates the original array. Let's take a simple example to demonistrate this case,
There are few solutions that won't mutate the original array. Let's take a look.
1. Using slice and reverse methods: In this case, just invoke the slice() method on the array to create a shallow copy followed by reverse() method
call on the copy.
console.log(originalArray); // [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
console.log(newArray); // [ 5, 4, 3, 2, 1]
2. Using spread and reverse methods: In this case, let's use the spread syntax (...) to create a copy of the array followed by reverse() method call on
the copy.
console.log(originalArray); // [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
console.log(newArray); // [ 5, 4, 3, 2, 1]
3. Using reduce and spread methods: Here execute a reducer function on an array elements and append the accumulated array on right side using spread
syntax
console.log(originalArray); // [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
console.log(newArray); // [ 5, 4, 3, 2, 1]
4. Using reduceRight and spread methods: Here execute a right reducer function(i.e. opposite direction of reduce method) on an array elements and
append the accumulated array on left side using spread syntax
console.log(originalArray); // [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
console.log(newArray); // [ 5, 4, 3, 2, 1]
5. Using reduceRight and push methods: Here execute a right reducer function(i.e. opposite direction of reduce method) on an array elements and push
the iterated value to the accumulator
console.log(originalArray); // [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
console.log(newArray); // [ 5, 4, 3, 2, 1]
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1. Define your custom HTML element: First you need to define some custom class by extending HTMLElement class. After that define your component
properties (styles,text etc) using connectedCallback method. Note: The browser exposes a function called customElements.define inorder to
reuse the element. javascript class CustomElement extends HTMLElement { connectedCallback() { this.innerHTML = "This is a
custom element"; } } customElements.define("custom-element", CustomElement);
2. Use custome element just like other HTML element: Declare your custom element as a HTML tag.
<body>
<custom-element>
</body>
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The global execution context is the default or first execution context that is created by the JavaScript engine before any code is executed(i.e, when the file first
loads in the browser). All the global code that is not inside a function or object will be executed inside this global execution context. Since JS engine is single
threaded there will be only one global environment and there will be only one global execution context.
For example, the below code other than code inside any function or object is executed inside the global execution context.
B(); }
A();
console.log("GlobalContext"); ```
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Whenever a function is invoked, the JavaScript engine creates a different type of Execution Context known as a Function Execution Context (FEC) within the
Global Execution Context (GEC) to evaluate and execute the code within that function.
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Debouncing is a programming pattern that allows delaying execution of some piece of code until a specified time to avoid unnecessary CPU cycles, API calls
and improve performance. The debounce function make sure that your code is only triggered once per user input. The common usecases are Search box
suggestions, text-field auto-saves, and eliminating double-button clicks.
Let's say you want to show suggestions for a search query, but only after a visitor has finished typing it. So here you write a debounce function where the user
keeps writing the characters with in 500ms then previous timer cleared out using clearTimeout and reschedule API call/DB query for a new time—300 ms in
the future.
js function debounce(func, timeout = 500) { let timer; return (...args) => { clearTimeout(timer); timer = setTimeout(() => {
func.apply(this, args); }, timeout); }; } function fetchResults() { console.log("Fetching input suggestions"); } const
processChange = debounce(() => fetchResults());
The debounce() function can be used on input, button and window events
Input:
Button:
Windows event:
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Throttling is a technique used to limit the execution of an event handler function, even when this event triggers continuously due to user actions. The common
use cases are browser resizing, window scrolling etc.
The below example creates a throttle function to reduce the number of events for each pixel change and trigger scroll event for each 100ms except for the
first event.
js const throttle = (func, limit) => { let inThrottle; return (...args) => { if (!inThrottle) { func.apply(this, args);
inThrottle = true; setTimeout(() => (inThrottle = false), limit); } }; }; window.addEventListener("scroll", () => {
throttle(handleScrollAnimation, 100); });
Coding Exercise
1: Undefined
2: ReferenceError
3: null
4: {model: "Honda", color: "white", year: "2010", country: "UK"}
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function main() {
console.log("A");
setTimeout(function print() {
console.log("B");
}, 0);
console.log("C");
}
main();
1: A, B and C
2: B, A and C
3: A and C
4: A, C and B
Answer
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1: false
2: true
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var y = 1;
if (function f() {}) {
y += typeof f;
}
console.log(y);
1: 1function
2: 1object
3: ReferenceError
4: 1undefined
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function foo() {
return;
{
message: "Hello World";
}
}
console.log(foo());
1: Hello World
2: Object {message: "Hello World"}
3: Undefined
4: SyntaxError
Answer
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console.log(obj.prop1());
console.log(obj.prop2());
console.log(obj.prop3());
1: 0, 1, 2
2: 0, { return 1 }, 2
3: 0, { return 1 }, { return 2 }
4: 0, 1, undefined
Answer
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1: true, true
2: true, false
3: SyntaxError, SyntaxError,
4: false, false
Answer
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1: 1, 2, 3
2: 3, 2, 3
3: SyntaxError: Duplicate parameter name not allowed in this context
4: 1, 2, 1
Answer
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1: 1, 2, 3
2: 3, 2, 3
3: SyntaxError: Duplicate parameter name not allowed in this context
4: 1, 2, 1
Answer
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1: True, False
2: False, True
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console.log(Math.max());
1: undefined
2: Infinity
3: 0
4: -Infinity
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console.log(10 == [10]);
console.log(10 == [[[[[[[10]]]]]]]);
1: True, True
2: True, False
3: False, False
4: False, True
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1: 20, 0
2: 1010, 0
3: 1010, 10-10
4: NaN, NaN
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console.log([0] == false);
if ([0]) {
console.log("I'm True");
} else {
console.log("I'm False");
}
Answer
1: [1,2,3,4]
2: [1,2][3,4]
3: SyntaxError
4: 1,23,4
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1: True
2: False
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1: 4
2: NaN
3: SyntaxError
4: -1
Answer
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1: 1, [2, 3, 4, 5]
2: 1, {2, 3, 4, 5}
3: SyntaxError
4: 1, [2, 3, 4]
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27. What is the output of below code
function delay() {
return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 2000));
}
processArray([1, 2, 3, 4]);
1: SyntaxError
2: 1, 2, 3, 4
3: 4, 4, 4, 4
4: 4, 3, 2, 1
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function delay() {
return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 2000));
}
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1: true, true
2: true, false
3: false, true
4: false, false
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1: SyntaxError
2: one
3: Symbol('one')
4: Symbol
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1: SyntaxError
2: It is not a string!, It is not a number!
3: It is not a string!, It is a number!
4: It is a string!, It is a number!
Answer
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33. What is the output of below code
console.log(
JSON.stringify({ myArray: ["one", undefined, function () {}, Symbol("")] })
);
console.log(
JSON.stringify({ [Symbol.for("one")]: "one" }, [Symbol.for("one")])
);
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class A {
constructor() {
console.log(new.target.name);
}
}
class B extends A {
constructor() {
super();
}
}
new A();
new B();
1: A, A
2: A, B
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1: 1, [2, 3, 4]
2: 1, [2, 3]
3: 1, [2]
4: SyntaxError
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const { a: x = 10, b: y = 20 } = { a: 30 };
console.log(x);
console.log(y);
1: 30, 20
2: 10, 20
3: 10, undefined
4: 30, undefined
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area();
1: 200
2: Error
3: undefined
4: 0
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const props = [
{ id: 1, name: "John" },
{ id: 2, name: "Jack" },
{ id: 3, name: "Tom" },
];
1: Tom
2: Error
3: undefined
4: John
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function checkType(num = 1) {
console.log(typeof num);
}
checkType();
checkType(undefined);
checkType("");
checkType(null);
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console.log(add("Orange"));
console.log(add("Apple"));
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greet("Hello", "John");
greet("Hello", "John", "Good morning!");
1: SyntaxError
2: ['Hello', 'John', 'Hello John'], ['Hello', 'John', 'Good morning!']
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1: ReferenceError
2: Inner
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myFun(1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
myFun(1, 2);
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1: ['key', 'value']
2: TypeError
3: []
4: ['key']
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function* myGenFunc() {
yield 1;
yield 2;
yield 3;
}
var myGenObj = new myGenFunc();
console.log(myGenObj.next().value);
1: 1
2: undefined
3: SyntaxError
4: TypeError
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function* yieldAndReturn() {
yield 1;
return 2;
yield 3;
}
1: { value: 1, done: false }, { value: 2, done: true }, { value: undefined, done: true }
2: { value: 1, done: false }, { value: 2, done: false }, { value: undefined, done: true }
3: { value: 1, done: false }, { value: 2, done: true }, { value: 3, done: true }
4: { value: 1, done: false }, { value: 2, done: false }, { value: 3, done: true }
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1: SyntaxError
2: 38
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class Square {
constructor(length) {
this.length = length;
}
get area() {
return this.length * this.length;
}
set area(value) {
this.area = value;
}
}
1: 100
2: ReferenceError
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Person.prototype.walk = function () {
return this;
};
Person.run = function () {
return this;
};
1: undefined, undefined
2: Person, Person
3: SyntaxError
4: Window, Window
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class Vehicle {
constructor(name) {
this.name = name;
}
start() {
console.log(`${this.name} vehicle started`);
}
}
1: SyntaxError
2: BMW vehicle started, BMW car started
3: BMW car started, BMW vehicle started
4: BMW car started, BMW car started
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1: 30
2: 25
3: Uncaught TypeError
4: SyntaxError
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1: false
2: true
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1: string
2: boolean
3: NaN
4: number
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if (zero) {
console.log("If");
} else {
console.log("Else");
}
1: If
2: Else
3: NaN
4: SyntaxError
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msg.name = "John";
console.log(msg.name);
1: ""
2: Error
3: John
4: Undefined
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(function innerFunc() {
if (count === 10) {
let count = 11;
console.log(count);
}
console.log(count);
})();
1: 11, 10
2: 11, 11
3: 10, 11
4: 10, 10
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Answer
console.log(arr == str);
1: false
2: Error
3: true
Answer
getMessage();
1: Good morning
2: getMessage is not a function
3: getMessage is not defined
4: Undefined
Answer
Disclaimer
The questions provided in this repository are the summary of frequently asked questions across numerous companies. We cannot guarantee that these questions will
actually be asked during your interview process, nor should you focus on memorizing all of them. The primary purpose is for you to get a sense of what some
companies might ask — do not get discouraged if you don't know the answer to all of them — that is ok!
Good luck with your interview