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let vs const - Let's discuss.

Kumar Abhirup on March 22, 2020

We all are familiar with the difference between const, let and var. If not, please read this. Var, let and ...
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Spyros Argalias

constant for all. It's useful information to the developer about the future of the value (that it won't change). It follows that seeing let guarantees that the value will change because it is necessary.

The additional information can be helpful.

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Kumar Abhirup

Agreed.

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Sam

CONSTANT FOR ALL team member checking in.

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Kumar Abhirup

Nice. I got a teammate. ⚡

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Pacharapol Withayasakpunt • Edited

I believe, the best should be CONSTANT FOR ALL, and not only constant for all, but also IMMUTABILITY. That is, avoid mutation, whether instance or memory address.

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Kumar Abhirup

I like that.

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Serhii

Would you write about arrow functions?

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Kumar Abhirup

Yes! What would you like to know from me?

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Serhii

How to use them in general

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Kumar Abhirup

DM me @kumar_abhirup on Twitter about this :)

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Apoorv Singal

Well, variables delcared using const keyword are allocated on stack instead of the heap (unless you're using closures), making them way faster than the variables declared with let. So, constant for all.

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Kalaiarasan Pushpanathan

I don't understand the hype of "arrow function" and "const" guy checks in. I understand the need but not the hype.

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Saurabh Daware 🌻

const for all. Though I do agree to Dan's point that it can be confusing for beginner when you're dealing with objects.

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Kumar Abhirup

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