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VICTOR OMONDI
VICTOR OMONDI

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Javascript: Don't miss to put a var/let/const keyword before a variable declaration

If you miss putting a var/let/const keyword before a variable declaration, it becomes global and gets bind to the global object.

Usecase:

function getName() {
  myVariable = 'shub'
  return myVariable;
}

getName()
console.log(myVariable) // shub
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myVariable will become global and will be accessible everywhere in the program

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"use strict"? Or in TypeScript, I think you can put strict: true in tsconfig.json

w3schools.com/js/js_strict.asp