JavaScript Interview Questions & Answers

Table of Contents

No. Questions

1 What are the possible ways to create objects in JavaScript?

2 What is prototype chain?

3 What is the difference between Call, Apply and Bind?

4 What is JSON and its common operations

5 What is the purpose of array slice method?

6 What is the purpose of array splice method?

7 What is the difference between slice and splice?

8 How do you compare Object and Map?

9 What is the difference between == and === operators?

10 What are lambda or arrow functions?

11 What is a first class function?

12 What is a first order function?

13 What is a higher order function?

14 What is a unary function?

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15 What is currying function?

16 What is a pure function?

17 What is the purpose of let keyword?

18 What is the difference between let and var?

19 What is the reason to choose the name let as keyword?

20 How do you redeclare variables in switch block without an error?

21 What is Temporal Dead Zone?

22 What is IIFE(Immediately Invoked Function Expression)?

23 What is the benefit of using modules?

24 What is memoization?

25 What is Hoisting?

26 What are classes in ES6?

27 What are closures?

28 What are modules?

29 Why do you need modules?

30 What is scope in javascript?

31 What is a service worker?

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32 How do you manipulate DOM using service worker?

33 How do you reuse information across service worker restarts?

34 What is IndexedDB?

35 What is web storage?

36 What is a post message?

37 What is a cookie?

38 Why do you need a Cookie?

39 What are the options in a cookie?

40 How do you delete a cookie?

41 What are the differences between cookie, local storage and session storage?

42 What is the main difference between localStorage and sessionStorage?

43 How do you access web storage?

44 What are the methods available on session storage?

45 What is a storage event and its event handler?

46 Why do you need web storage?

47 How do you check web storage browser support?

48 How do you check web workers browser support?

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49 Give an example of web worker?

50 What are the restrictions of web workers on DOM?

51 What is a promise?

52 Why do you need a promise?

53 What are the three states of promise?

54 What is a callback function?

55 Why do we need callbacks?

56 What is a callback hell?

57 What is server-sent events?

58 How do you receive server-sent event notifications?

59 How do you check browser support for server-sent events?

60 What are the events available for server sent events?

61 What are the main rules of promise?

62 What is callback in callback?

63 What is promise chaining?

64 What is promise.all

65 What is the purpose of race method in promise?

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66 What is a strict mode in javascript?

67 Why do you need strict mode?

68 How do you declare strict mode?

69 What is the purpose of double exclamation?

70 What is the purpose of delete operator?

71 What is typeof operator?

72 What is undefined property?

73 What is null value?

74 What is the difference between null and undefined?

75 What is eval?

76 What is the difference between window and document?

77 How do you access history in javascript?

78 What are the javascript data types?

79 What is isNaN?

80 What are the differences between undeclared and undefined variables?

81 What are global variables?

82 What are the problems with global variables?

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83 What is NaN property?

84 What is the purpose of isFinite function?

85 What is an event flow?

86 What is event bubbling?

87 What is event capturing?

88 How do you submit a form using JavaScript?

89 How do you find operating system details?

90 What is the difference between document load and DOMContentLoaded events?

91 What is the difference between native, host and user objects?

92 What are the tools or techniques used for debugging JavaScript code?

93 What are the pros and cons of promises over callbacks?

94 What is the difference between an attribute and a property?

95 What is same-origin policy?

96 What is the purpose of void 0?

97 Is JavaScript a compiled or interpreted language?

98 Is JavaScript a case-sensitive language?

99 Is there any relation between Java and JavaScript?

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100 What are events?

101 Who created javascript?

102 What is the use of preventDefault method?

103 What is the use of stopPropagation method?

104 What are the steps involved in return false?

105 What is BOM?

106 What is the use of setTimeout?

107 What is the use of setInterval?

108 Why is JavaScript treated as Single threaded?

109 What is an event delegation?

110 What is ECMAScript?

111 What is JSON?

112 What are the syntax rules of JSON?

113 What is the purpose JSON stringify?

114 How do you parse JSON string?

115 Why do you need JSON?

116 What are PWAs?

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117 What is the purpose of clearTimeout method?

118 What is the purpose of clearInterval method?

119 How do you redirect new page in javascript?

120 How do you check whether a string contains a substring?

121 How do you validate an email in javascript?

122 How do you get the current url with javascript?

123 What are the various url properties of location object?

124 How do get query string values in javascript?

125 How do you check if a key exists in an object?

126 How do you loop through or enumerate javascript object?

127 How do you test for an empty object?

128 What is an arguments object?

129 How do you make first letter of the string in an uppercase?

130 What are the pros and cons of for loop?

131 How do you display the current date in javascript?

132 How do you compare two date objects?

133 How do you check if a string starts with another string?

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134 How do you trim a string in javascript?

135 How do you add a key value pair in javascript?

136 Is the '!--' notation represents a special operator?

137 How do you assign default values to variables?

138 How do you define multiline strings?

139 What is an app shell model?

140 Can we define properties for functions?

141 What is the way to find the number of parameters expected by a function?

142 What is a polyfill?

143 What are break and continue statements?

144 What are js labels?

145 What are the benefits of keeping declarations at the top?

146 What are the benefits of initializing variables?

147 What are the recommendations to create new object?

148 How do you define JSON arrays?

149 How do you generate random integers?

150 Can you write a random integers function to print integers with in a range?
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151 What is tree shaking?

152 What is the need of tree shaking?

153 Is it recommended to use eval?

154 What is a Regular Expression?

155 What are the string methods available in Regular expression?

156 What are modifiers in regular expression?

157 What are regular expression patterns?

158 What is a RegExp object?

159 How do you search a string for a pattern?

160 What is the purpose of exec method?

161 How do you change style of a HTML element?

162 What would be the result of 1+2+'3'?

163 What is a debugger statement?

164 What is the purpose of breakpoints in debugging?

165 Can I use reserved words as identifiers?

166 How do you detect a mobile browser?

167 How do you detect a mobile browser without regexp?

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168 How do you get the image width and height using JS?

169 How do you make synchronous HTTP request?

170 How do you make asynchronous HTTP request?

171 How do you convert date to another timezone in javascript?

172 What are the properties used to get size of window?

173 What is a conditional operator in javascript?

174 Can you apply chaining on conditional operator?

175 What are the ways to execute javascript after page load?

176 What is the difference between proto and prototype?

177 Give an example where do you really need semicolon?

178 What is a freeze method?

179 What is the purpose of freeze method?

180 Why do I need to use freeze method?

181 How do you detect a browser language preference?

182 How to convert string to title case with javascript?

183 How do you detect javascript disabled in the page?

184 What are various operators supported by javascript?

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185 What is a rest parameter?

186 What happens if you do not use rest parameter as a last argument?

187 What are the bitwise operators available in javascript?

188 What is a spread operator?

189 How do you determine whether object is frozen or not?

190 How do you determine two values same or not using object?

191 What is the purpose of using object is method?

192 How do you copy properties from one object to other?

193 What are the applications of assign method?

194 What is a proxy object?

195 What is the purpose of seal method?

196 What are the applications of seal method?

197 What are the differences between freeze and seal methods?

198 How do you determine if an object is sealed or not?

199 How do you get enumerable key and value pairs?

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?
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202 How do you create an object with prototype?

203 What is a WeakSet?

204 What are the differences between WeakSet and Set?

205 List down the collection of methods available on WeakSet?

206 What is a WeakMap?

207 What are the differences between WeakMap and Map?

208 List down the collection of methods available on WeakMap?

209 What is the purpose of uneval?

210 How do you encode an URL?

211 How do you decode an URL?

212 How do you print the contents of web page?

213 What is the difference between uneval and eval?

214 What is an anonymous function?

215 What is the precedence order between local and global variables?

216 What are javascript accessors?

217 How do you define property on Object constructor?

218 What is the difference between get and defineProperty?

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219 What are the advantages of Getters and Setters?

220 Can I add getters and setters using defineProperty method?

221 What is the purpose of switch-case?

222 What are the conventions to be followed for the usage of swtich case?

223 What are primitive data types?

224 What are the different ways to access object properties?

225 What are the function parameter rules?

226 What is an error object?

227 When you get a syntax error?

228 What are the different error names from error object?

229 What are the various statements in error handling?

230 What are the two types of loops in javascript?

231 What is nodejs?

232 What is an Intl object?

233 How do you perform language specific date and time formatting?

234 What is an Iterator?

235 What is an event loop?

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236 What is call stack?

237 What is an event queue?

238 What is a decorator?

239 What are the properties of Intl object?

240 What is an Unary operator?

241 How do you sort elements in an array?

242 What is the purpose of compareFunction while sorting arrays?

243 How do you reversing an array?

244 How do you find min and max value in an array?

245 How do you find min and max values without Math functions?

246 What is an empty statement and purpose of it?

247 How do you get meta data of a module?

248 What is a comma operator?

249 What is the advantage of a comma operator?

250 What is typescript?

251 What are the differences between javascript and typescript?

252 What are the advantages of typescript over javascript?

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253 What is an object initializer?

254 What is a constructor method?

255 What happens if you write constructor more than once in a class?

256 How do you call the constructor of a parent class?

257 How do you get the prototype of an object?

258 What happens If I pass string type for getPrototype method?

259 How do you set prototype of one object to another?

260 How do you check whether an object can be extendable or not?

261 How do you prevent an object to extend?

262 What are the different ways to make an object non-extensible?

263 How do you define multiple properties on an object?

264 What is MEAN in javascript?

265 What Is Obfuscation in javascript?

266 Why do you need Obfuscation?

267 What is Minification?

268 What are the advantages of minification?

269 What are the differences between Obfuscation and Encryption?

 No. Questions

270 What are the common tools used for minification?

271 How do you perform form validation using javascript?

272 How do you perform form validation without javascript?

273 What are the DOM methods available for constraint validation?

274 What are the available constraint validation DOM properties?

275 What are the list of validity properties?

276 Give an example usage of rangeOverflow property?

277 Is enums feature available in javascript?

278 What is an enum?

279 How do you list all properties of an object?

280 How do you get property descriptors of an object?

281 What are the attributes provided by a property descriptor?

282 How do you extend classes?

283 How do I modify the url without reloading the page?

284 How do you check whether an array includes a particular value or not?

285 How do you compare scalar arrays?

286 How to get the value from get parameters?

 No. Questions

287 How do you print numbers with commas as thousand separators?

288 What is the difference between java and javascript?

289 Is javascript supports namespace?

290 How do you declare namespace?

291 How do you invoke javascript code in an iframe from parent page?

292 How do get the timezone offset from date?

293 How do you load CSS and JS files dynamically?

294 What are the different methods to find HTML elements in DOM?

295 What is jQuery?

296 What is V8 JavaScript engine?

297 Why do we call javascript as dynamic language?

298 What is a void operator?

299 How to set the cursor to wait?

300 How do you create an infinite loop?

301 Why do you need to avoid with statement?

302 What is the output of below for loops?

303 List down some of the features of ES6?

 No. Questions

304 What is ES6?

305 Can I redeclare let and const variables?

306 Is const variable makes the value immutable?

307 What are default parameters?

308 What are template literals?

309 How do you write multi-line strings in template literals?

310 What are nesting templates?

311 What are tagged templates?

312 What are raw strings?

313 What is destructuring assignment?

314 What are default values in destructuring assignment?

315 How do you swap variables in destructuring assignment?

316 What are enhanced object literals?

317 What are dynamic imports?

318 What are the use cases for dynamic imports?

319 What are typed arrays?

320 What are the advantages of module loaders?

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321 What is collation?

322 What is for...of statement?

323 What is the output of below spread operator array?

324 Is PostMessage secure?

325 What are the problems with postmessage target origin as wildcard?

326 How do you avoid receiving postMessages from attackers?

327 Can I avoid using postMessages completely?

328 Is postMessages synchronous?

329 What paradigm is Javascript?

330 What is the difference between internal and external javascript?

331 Is JavaScript faster than server side script?

332 How do you get the status of a checkbox?

333 What is the purpose of double tilde operator?

334 How do you convert character to ASCII code?

335 What is ArrayBuffer?

336 What is the output of below string expression?

337 What is the purpose of Error object?

 No. Questions

338 What is the purpose of EvalError object?

339 What are the list of cases error thrown from non-strict mode to strict mode?

340 Is all objects have prototypes?

341 What is the difference between a parameter and an argument?

342 What is the purpose of some method in arrays?

343 How do you combine two or more arrays?

344 What is the difference between Shallow and Deep copy?

345 How do you create specific number of copies of a string?

346 How do you return all matching strings against a regular expression?

1. What are the possible ways to create objects in JavaScript?

There are many ways to create objects in javascript as below,

1. Object constructor:

The simplest way to create an empty object is using Object constructor. Currently this approach is
not recommended.

var object = new Object();

2. Object's create method:

The create method of Object creates a new object by passing the prototype object as a parameter

var object = Object.create(null);

3. Object literal syntax: The object literal syntax is equivalent to create method when it passes
null as parameter
var object = {};

4. Function constructor: Create any function and apply the new operator to create object
instances,

function Person(name){
var object = {};
object.name=name;
object.age=21;
return object;
}
var object = new Person("Sudheer");

5. Function constructor with prototype: 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.

function func {};

new func(x, y, z);

**(OR)**

// Create a new instance using function prototype.

var newInstance = Object.create(func.prototype)

// Call the function

var result = func.call(newInstance, x, y, z),

// 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);

6. ES6 Class syntax: ES6 introduces class feature to create the objects

class Person {
constructor(name) {
this.name = name;
}
}

var object = new Person("Sudheer");

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.
var object = new function(){
this.name = "Sudheer";
}

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2. What is prototype chain?

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.

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3. What is the difference between Call, Apply and Bind?

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
var employee1 = {firstName: 'John', lastName: 'Rodson'};
var employee2 = {firstName: 'Jimmy', lastName: 'Baily'};

function invite(greeting1, greeting2) {

console.log(greeting1 + ' ' + this.firstName + ' ' + this.lastName+ ', '+
greeting2);
}

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 and allows you to pass in arguments as an array

var employee1 = {firstName: 'John', lastName: 'Rodson'};

var employee2 = {firstName: 'Jimmy', lastName: 'Baily'};

function invite(greeting1, greeting2) {

console.log(greeting1 + ' ' + this.firstName + ' ' + this.lastName+ ', '+
greeting2);
}

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 in an array and any number of arguments

var employee1 = {firstName: 'John', lastName: 'Rodson'};

var employee2 = {firstName: 'Jimmy', lastName: 'Baily'};

function invite(greeting1, greeting2) {

 console.log(greeting1 + ' ' + this.firstName + ' ' + this.lastName+ ', '+
greeting2);
}

var inviteEmployee1 = invite.bind(employee1);

var inviteEmployee2 = invite.bind(employee2);
inviteEmployee1('Hello', 'How are you?'); // Hello John Rodson, How are you?
inviteEmployee2('Hello', 'How are you?'); // Hello Jimmy Baily, How are you?

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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4. What is JSON and its common operations?

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 Parsing: **Converting a
string to a native object

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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5. What is the purpose of array slice method?

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. Some of the
examples of this method are,

let arrayIntegers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];

let arrayIntegers1 = arrayIntegers.slice(0,2); // returns [1,2]
let arrayIntegers2 = arrayIntegers.slice(2,3); // returns [3]
let arrayIntegers3 = arrayIntegers.slice(4); //returns [5]

Note: Slice method won't mutate the original array but it returns the subset as new array.

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6. What is the purpose of array splice method?

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
option second argument indicates the number of elements to be deleted. Each additional argument
is added to the array. Some of the examples of this method are,

let arrayIntegersOriginal1 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];

let arrayIntegersOriginal2 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
let arrayIntegersOriginal3 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];

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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7. What is the difference between slice and splice?

Some of the major difference in a tabular form

Slice Splice

Doesn't modify the original array(immutable) Modifies the original array(mutable)

Returns the subset of original array Returns the deleted elements as array

Used to pick the elements from array Used to insert or delete elements to/from arra

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8. How do you compare Object and Map?

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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9. What is the difference between == and === operators?

JavaScript provides both strict(===, !==) and type-converting(==, !=) equality comparison. The strict
operators takes type of variable in consideration, while non-strict operators make type
correction/conversion based upon values of variables. The strict operators follow the below
conditions for different types,

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,
i. NaN is not equal to anything, including NaN.
ii. 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

Some of the example which covers the above cases

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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10. What are lambda or arrow functions?

An arrow function is a shorter syntax for a function expression and does not have its own this,
arguments, super, or new.target. These function are best suited for non-method functions, and
they cannot be used as constructors.

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11. What is a first class function?

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

const handler = () => console.log ('This is a click handler function');

document.addEventListener ('click', handler);

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12. What is a first order function?

First-order function is a function that doesn’t accept other function as an argument and doesn’t
return a function as its return value.

const firstOrder = () => console.log ('Iam a first order functionn!');

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13. What is a higher order function?

Higher-order function is a function that accepts other function as an argument or returns a function
as a return value.

const firstOrderFunc = () => console.log ('Hello I'am a First order function');

const higherOrder = ReturnFirstOrderFunc => ReturnFirstOrderFunc ();
higherOrder (firstOrderFunc);

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14. What is a unary function?

Unary function (i.e. monadic) is a function that accepts exactly one argument. Let us take an example
of unary function. It stands for 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 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

const multiArgFunction = (a, b, c) => a + b + c;

const curryUnaryFunction = a => b => c => a + b + c;
curryUnaryFunction (1); // returns a function: b => c => 1 + b + c
curryUnaryFunction (1) (2); // returns a function: c => 3 + c
curryUnaryFunction (1) (2) (3); // returns the number 6

Curried functions are great to improve code re-usability and functional composition.

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16. What is a pure function?

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]);

//Display the results

console.log (impureAddNumber (6)); // returns 6
console.log (numberArray); // returns [6]
console.log (pureAddNumber (7) (numberArray)); // returns [6, 7]
console.log (numberArray); // returns [6]

As per above code snippets, Push function is impure itself by altering the array and returning an
push number index which is independent of 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 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 makes 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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17. What is the purpose of let keyword?

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. Let's take an example to demonstrate the usage,

let counter = 30;

if (counter === 30) {
let counter = 31;
console.log(counter); // 31
}
console.log(counter); // 30 (because if block variable won't exist here)

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18. What is the difference between let and var?

You can list out the differences in a tabular format

var let

It is been available from the beginning of JavaScript Introduced as part of E

It has function scope It has block scope

Variables will be hoisted Hoisted but not initializ

Let's take an example to see the difference,

function userDetails(username) {
if(username) {
console.log(salary); // undefined(due to hoisting)
console.log(age); // error: age is not defined
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)
}

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19. What is the reason to choose the name let as keyword?

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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20. How do you redeclare variables in switch block without an

error?

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 will 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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21. What is Temporal Dead Zone?

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. Let's see this behavior with an example,

function somemethod() {
console.log(counter1); // undefined
console.log(counter2); // ReferenceError
var counter1 = 1;
let counter2 = 2;
}
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22. What is IIFE(Immediately Invoked Function Expression)?

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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23. What is the benefit of using modules?

There are a lot of benefits to using modules in favour of a sprawling. Some of the benefits
are,

i. Maintainablity
ii. Reusability
iii. Namespacing

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24. What is memoization?

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,
 const memoizAddition = () => {
let cache = {};
return (value) => {
if (value in cache) {
console.log('Fetching from cache');
return cache[value]; // Here, cache.value cannot be used as property name
starts with the number which is not valid JavaScript identifier. Hence, can
only be accessed using the square bracket notation.
}
else {
console.log('Calculating result');
let result = value + 20;
cache[value] = result;
return result;
}
}
}
// returned function from memoizAddition
const addition = memoizAddition();
console.log(addition(20)); //output: 40 calculated
console.log(addition(20)); //output: 40 cached

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25. What is Hoisting?

Hoisting is a JavaScript mechanism where variables and function declarations 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,

console.log(message); //output : undefined

var message = ’The variable Has been hoisted’;

The above code looks like as below to the interpreter,

var message;
console.log(message);
message = ’The variable Has been hoisted’;

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26. What are classes in ES6?

In ES6, Javascript classes are primarily syntactical sugar over JavaScript’s existing prototype-
based inheritance. For example, the prototype based inheritance written in function
expression as below,

function Bike(model,color) {
this.model = model;
this.color = color;
}
 Bike.prototype.getDetails = function() {
return this.model+ ' bike has' + this.color+ ' color';
};

Whereas ES6 classes can be defined as an alternative

class Bike{
constructor(color, model) {
this.color= color;
this.model= model;
}
}

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27. What are closures?

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

i. Own scope where variables defined between its curly brackets

ii. Outer function’s variables
iii. Global variables Let's take an example of closure concept,

function Welcome(name){
var greetingInfo = function(message){
console.log(message+' '+name);
}
return greetingInfo;
}
var myFunction = Welcome('John');
myFunction('Welcome '); //Output: Welcome John
myFunction('Hello Mr.'); //output: Hello Mr.John

As per the above code, the inner function(greetingInfo) has access to the variables in the
outer function scope(Welcome) even after outer function has returned.

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28. What are modules?

Modules refers small units of independent, reusable code and also act as foundation of many
JavaScript design patterns. Most of the JavaScript modules export an object literal, a function,
or a constructor

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29. Why do you need modules?

Below are the list of benefits using modules in javascript ecosystem

i. Maintainablity
ii. Reusability
iii. Namespacing

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30. What is scope in javascript?

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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31. What is a service worker?

A Service worker is basically a script (JavaScript file) that runs in background, separate from a
web page and provide 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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32. How do you manipulate DOM using service worker?

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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33. How do you reuse information across service worker restarts?

The problem with service worker is that it get 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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34. What is IndexedDB?

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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35. What is web storage?

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.

i. Local storage: It stores data for current origin with no expiration date.
ii. 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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37. What is a Cookie?

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";

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38. Why do you need a Cookie?

Cookies are used to remember information about the user profile(such as username). It
basically involves two steps,

i. When a user visits a web page, user profile can be stored in a cookie.
 ii. Next time the user visits the page, the cookie remembers user profile.

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39. What are the options in a cookie?

There are few below options available for a cookie,

i. By default, the cookie is deleted when the browser is closed but you can change this
behavior by setting expiry date (in UTC time).

document.cookie = "username=John expires=Sat, 8 Jun 2019 12:00:00 UTC";

ii. 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.

document.cookie = "username=John path=/services";

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40. How do you delete a cookie?

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,

Local Session
Feature Cookie
storage storage

Accessed on client or Both server-side & client-side client-side

server side client-side only only
 Local Session
Feature Cookie
storage storage

As configured using until tab is

Lifetime until deleted
Expires option closed

Not
SSL support Supported Not supported
supported

Maximum data size 4KB 5 MB 5MB

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42. What is the main difference between localStorage and

sessionStorage?

LocalStorage is 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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43. How do you access web storage?

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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44. What are the methods available on session storage?

The session storage provided methods for reading, writing and clearing the session data

// Save data to sessionStorage

sessionStorage.setItem('key', 'value');

// Get saved data from sessionStorage

 let data = sessionStorage.getItem('key');

// Remove saved data from sessionStorage

sessionStorage.removeItem('key');

// Remove all saved data from sessionStorage

sessionStorage.clear();

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45. What is a storage event and its event handler?

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

window.onstorage = function(e) {
console.log('The ' + e.key +
' key has been changed from ' + e.oldValue +
' to ' + e.newValue + '.');
};

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46. Why do you need web storage?

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 recommended approach than Cookies.

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47. How do you check web storage browser support?

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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48. How do you check web workers browser support?

You need to check browser support for web workers before using it

if (typeof(Worker) !== "undefined") {

// code for Web worker support.
} else {
// Sorry! No Web Worker support..
}

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49. Give an example of web worker?

You need to follow below steps to start using web workers for counting example

ii. 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 2. 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");
}

and we can receive messages from web worker

w.onmessage = function(event){
document.getElementById("message").innerHTML = event.data;
};

iii. 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 terminate()
method to terminate listening the messages.

w.terminate();
 iv. Reuse the Web Worker: If you set the worker variable to undefined you can reuse the
code

w = undefined;

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50. What are the restrictions of web workers on DOM?

WebWorkers don't have access to below javascript objects since they are defined in an
external files

iv. Window object

v. Document object
vi. 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. The syntax of promise would be as
below

const promise = new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {

// promise description
})

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52. Why do you need a promise?

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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53. What are the three states of promise?

Promises have three states:

. Pending: This is an initial state of the Promise before an operation begins

i. Fulfilled: This state indicates that specified operation was completed.
 ii. Rejected: This state indicates that the operation did not complete. In this case an
error value will be thrown.

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54. What is a callback function?

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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55. Why do we need callbacks?

The callbacks are needed because javascript is a 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 first function invoking an API call(simulated by setTimeout) and 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 first function and
remaining code block get executed. So callbacks used in a way to make sure that certain
code doesn’t execute until other code finished execution.
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56. What is a callback hell?

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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57. What is server-sent events?

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 is been used in
Facebook/Twitter updates, stock price updates, news feeds etc.

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58. How do you receive server-sent event notifications?

The EventSource object is used to receive server-sent event notifications. For example, you
can receive messages from server as below,

if(typeof(EventSource) !== "undefined") {

var source = new EventSource("sse_generator.js");
source.onmessage = function(event) {
document.getElementById("output").innerHTML += event.data + "<br>";
};
}

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59. How do you check browser support for server-sent events?

You can perform browser support for server-sent events before using it as below,

if(typeof(EventSource) !== "undefined") {

// Server-sent events supported. Let's have some code here!
 } else {
// No server-sent events supported
}

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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 | |---- | -------
-- | onopen | It is used when a connection to the server is opened | | onmessage | This event
is used when a message is received | | onerror | It happens when an error occurs|

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61. What are the main rules of promise?

A promise must follow a specific set of rules,

. A promise is an object that supplies a standard-compliant .then() method

i. A pending promise may transition into either fulfilled or rejected state
ii. A fulfilled or rejected promise is settled and it must not transition into any other
state.
iii. Once a promise is settled, the value must not change.

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62. What is callback in callback?

You can nest one callback inside in another callback to execute the actions sequentially one
by one. This is known as callbacks in callbacks.

loadScript('/script1.js', function(script) {
console.log('first script is loaded');

loadScript('/script2.js', function(script) {

console.log('second script is loaded');

loadScript('/script3.js', function(script) {

console.log('third script is loaded');

// after all scripts are loaded
});

})

});
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63. What is promise chaining?

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,

new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {

setTimeout(() => resolve(1), 1000);

}).then(function(result) {

console.log(result); // 1
return result * 2;

}).then(function(result) {

console.log(result); // 2
return result * 3;

}).then(function(result) {

console.log(result); // 6
return result * 4;

});

In the above handlers, the result is passed to the chain of .then() handlers with the below
work flow,

. The initial promise resolves in 1 second,

i. After that .then handler is called by logging the result(1) and then return a promise
with the value of result * 2.
ii. After that the value passed to the next .then handler by logging the result(2) and
return a promise with result * 3.
iii. Finally the value passed to the last .then handler by logging the result(6) and return
a promise with result * 4.

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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
${error}`))

Note: Remember that the order of the promises(output the result) is maintained as per input
order.

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65. What is the purpose of race method in promise?

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

var promise1 = new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {

setTimeout(resolve, 500, 'one');
});
var promise2 = new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
setTimeout(resolve, 100, 'two');
});

Promise.race([promise1, promise2]).then(function(value) {
console.log(value); // "two" // Both promises will resolve, but promise2 is
faster
});

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66. What is a strict mode in javascript?

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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67. Why do you need strict mode?

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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68. How do you declare strict mode?

 The strict mode is declared by adding "use strict"; to the beginning of a script or a function. If
declare 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

and if you declare inside a function, it has local scope

x = 3.14; // This will not cause an error.

myFunction();

function myFunction() {
"use strict";
y = 3.14; // This will cause an error
}

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69. What is the purpose of double exclamation?

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.

console.log(navigator.userAgent.match(/MSIE 8.0/)); // returns either an

Array or null

Note: The expression !! is not an operator, but it is just twice of ! operator.

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70. What is the purpose of delete operator?

The delete keyword is used to delete the property as well as its value.

var user= {name: "John", age:20};

delete user.age;

console.log(user); // {name: "John"}

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71. What is typeof operator?

 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.

typeof "John Abraham" // Returns "string"

typeof (1 + 2) // Returns "number"

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72. What is undefined property?

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.

var user; // Value is undefined, type is undefined

console.log(typeof(user)) //undefined

Any variable can be emptied by setting the value to undefined.

user = undefined

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73. What is null value?

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.

var user = null;

console.log(typeof(user)) //object

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74. What is the difference between null and undefined?

Below are the main differences between null and undefined,

Null Undefined

It is an assignment value which indicates that variable It is not an assignment value where a varia
points to no object. but has not yet been assigned a value.

Type of null is object Type of undefined is undefined

The null value is a primitive value that represents the null, The undefined value is a primitive value u
 Null Undefined

empty, or non-existent reference. has not been assigned a value.

Indicates the absence of a value for a variable Indicates absence of variable itself

Converted to zero (0) while performing primitive

Converted to NaN while performing prim
operations

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75. What is eval?

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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76. What is the difference between window and document?

Below are the main differences between window and document,

Window Document

It is the direct child of the window object. This i

It is the root level element in any web page
Document Object Model(DOM)

By default window object is available implicitly in

You can access it via window.document or docu
the page

It has methods like alert(), confirm() and properties It provides methods like getElementById, getEle
like document, location createElement etc

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77. How do you access history in javascript?

 The window.history object contains the browsers 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()
}

Note: You can also access history without window prefix.

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78. What are the javascript data types?

Below are the list of javascript data types available

. Number
i. String
ii. Boolean
iii. Object
iv. Undefined

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79. What is isNaN?

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 and undefined variables,

undeclared undefined
 undeclared undefined

These variables declared in the progr

These variables do not exist in a program and are not declared
assigned any value

If you try to read the value of an undeclared variable, then a If you try to read the value of an und
runtime error is encountered undefined value is returned.

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81. What are global variables?

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

msg = "Hello" // var is missing, it becomes global variable

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82. What are the problems with global variables?

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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83. What is NaN property?

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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84. What is the purpose of isFinite function?

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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85. What is an event flow?

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 each of its parent elements first,
starting at the top with the global window object. There are two ways of event flow

. Top to Bottom(Event Capturing)

i. Bottom to Top (Event Bubbling)

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86. What is event bubbling?

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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87. What is event capturing?

Event bubbling is a type of event propagation where the event is first captured by the
outermost element and , and then successively triggers on the descendants (children) of the
target element in the same nesting hierarchy till it reaches the inner DOM element.

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88. How do you submit a form using JavaScript?

You can submit a form using JavaScript use document.form[0].submit(). All the form input's
information is submitted using onsubmit event handler

function submit() {
document.form[0].submit();
}

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89. How do you find operating system details?

The window.navigator object contains information about the visitor's browser os details.
Some of the OS properties are avaialble 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
considered as host objects. User objects are objects defined in the javascript code. For
example, User object created for profile information.

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92. What are the tools or techniques used for debugging JavaScript
code?

You can use below tools or techniques for debugging javascript

. Chrome Devtools
i. debugger statement
ii. 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:
 . It avoids callback hell which is unreadable
i. Easy to write sequential asynchronous code with .then()
ii. Easy to write parallel asynchronous code with Promise.all()
iii. Solves some of the common problems of callbacks(call the callback too late, too
early, many times and swallow errors/exceptions)

Cons:

iv. It makes little complex code

v. You need to load a polyfill if ES6 is not supported

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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,

<input type="text" value="Name:">

You can retrieve the attribute value as below,

const input = document.querySelector('input');

console.log(input.getAttribute('value')); // Good morning
console.log(input.value); // Good morning

And after you change the value of the text field to "Good evening", it becomes like

console.log(input.getAttribute('value')); // Good morning

console.log(input.value); // Good evening

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95. What is same-origin policy?

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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96. What is the purpose of void 0?

 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 document that uses href="JavaScript:Void(0);" within an 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

<a href="JavaScript:void(0);" onclick="alert('Well done!')">Click Me!</a>

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97. Is JavaScript a compiled or interpreted language?

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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98. Is JavaScript a case-sensitive language?

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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99. Is there any relation between Java and JavaScript?

No, they are entirely two different programming languages and has 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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100. What are events?

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,

. Web page has finished loading

i. Input field was changed
ii. Button was clicked
 Let's describe the behavior of click event for button element,

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<script>
function greeting() {
alert('Hello! Good morning');
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<button type="button" onclick="greeting()">Click me</button>
</body>
</html>

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101. Who created javascript?

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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102. What is the use of preventDefault method?

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 hyper link are some common usecases.

document.getElementById("link").addEventListener("click", function(event){
event.preventDefault();
});

Note: Remember that not all events are cancelable.

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103. What is the use of stopPropagation method?

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)

<p>Click DIV1 Element</p>

<div onclick="secondFunc()">DIV 2
 <div onclick="firstFunc(event)">DIV 1</div>
</div>

<script>
function firstFunc(event) {
alert("DIV 1");
event.stopPropagation();
}

function secondFunc() {
alert("DIV 2");
}
</script>

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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,

. First it stops the browser's default action or behaviour.

i. It prevents the event from propagating the DOM
ii. Stops callback execution and returns immediately when called.

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105. What is BOM?

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 window. The
Browser Object Model is not standardized and can change based on different browsers.

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106. What is the use of setTimeout?

The setTimeout() method is used to call a function or evaluates an expression after a

specified number of milliseconds. For example, let's log a message after 2 seconds using
setTimeout method,

setTimeout(function(){ console.log("Good morning"); }, 2000);

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107. What is the use of setInterval?

 The setInterval() method is used to call a function or evaluates an expression at specified
intervals (in milliseconds). For example, let's log a message after 2 seconds using setInterval
method,

setInterval(function(){ console.log("Good morning"); }, 2000);

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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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109. What is an event delegation?

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,

var form = document.querySelector('#registration-form');

// 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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110. What is ECMAScript?

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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111. What is JSON?

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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112. What are the syntax rules of JSON?

Below are the list of syntax rules of JSON

. The data is in name/value pairs

i. The data is separated by commas
ii. Curly braces hold objects
iii. Square brackets hold arrays

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113. What is the purpose JSON stringify?

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.

var userJSON = {'name': 'John', age: 31}

var userString = JSON.stringify(user);
console.log(userString); //"{"name":"John","age":31}"

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114. How do you parse JSON string?

When receiving the data from a web server, the data is always in a string format. But you can
convert this string value to javascript object using parse() method.

var userString = '{"name":"John","age":31}';

var userJSON = JSON.parse(userString);
console.log(userJSON);// {name: "John", age: 31}

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115. Why do you need JSON?

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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116. What are PWAs?

 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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117. What is the purpose of clearTimeout method?

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 clearTimeout() method.

<script>
var msg;
function greeting() {
alert('Good morning');
}
function start() {
msg =setTimeout(greeting, 3000);

function stop() {
clearTimeout(msg);
}
</script>

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118. What is the purpose of clearInterval method?

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 clearInterval() method.

<script>
var msg;
function greeting() {
alert('Good morning');
}
function start() {
msg = setInterval(greeting, 3000);

function stop() {
 clearInterval(msg);
}
</script>

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119. How do you redirect new page in javascript?

In vanilla javascript, you can redirect to a new page using location property of window
object. The syntax would be as follows,
function redirect() {
window.location.href = 'newPage.html';
}

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120. How do you check whether a string contains a substring?

There are 3 possible ways to check whether a string contains a substring or not,

. Using includes: ES6 provided String.prototype.includes method to test a string

contains a substring

var mainString = "hello", subString = "hell";

mainString.includes(subString)

ii. Using indexOf: In an ES5 or older environments, 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 exist in the main string.

var mainString = "hello", subString = "hell";

mainString.indexOf(subString) !== -1

iii. Using RegEx: The advanced solution is using Regular expression's test
method(RegExp.test), which allows for testing for against regular expressions

var mainString = "hello", regex = "/hell/";

regex.test(mainString)

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121. How do you validate an email in javascript?

You can validate an email in javascript using regular expressions. It is recommended to do

validations on the server side instead client side. Because the javascript can be disabled on
the client side.
 function validateEmail(email) {
var re =
/^(([^<>()\[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+(\.[^<>()\[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+)*)|(".+"))@((\[[0-
9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-
Z]{2,}))$/;
return re.test(String(email).toLowerCase());
}

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The above regular expression regular accepts unicode characters.

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
purpose but this solution has issues in FF.
console.log('location.href', window.location.href); // Returns full URL

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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,

iii. href - The entire URL

iv. protocol - The protocol of the URL
v. host - The hostname and port of the URL
vi. hostname - The hostname of the URL
vii. port - The port number in the URL
viii. pathname - The path name of the URL
ix. search - The query portion of the URL
x. hash - The anchor portion of the URL

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124. How do get query string values in javascript?

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,

const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);

const clientCode = urlParams.get('clientCode');

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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 two approaches,

. ** 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)

ii. ** Using hasOwnProperty method:** You can use hasOwnProperty to particularly test
for properties of the object instance (and not inherited properties)

obj.hasOwnProperty("key") // true

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126. How do you loop through or enumerate javascript object?

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.
var object = {
"k1": "value1",
"k2": "value2",
"k3": "value3"
};

for (var key in object) {

if (object.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
console.log(key + " -> " + object[key]); // k1 -> value1 ...
}
}

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127. How do you test for an empty object?

There are different solutions based on ECMAScript versions

ii. 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 check as well
 ii. 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 check as well

iii. Using for-in with hasOwnProperty(Pre-ECMA 5): You can use for-in loop along
with hasOwnProperty.

function isEmpty(obj) {
for(var prop in obj) {
if(obj.hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
return false;
}
}

return JSON.stringify(obj) === JSON.stringify({});

}

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128. What is an arguments object?

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,

function sum() {
var total = 0;
for (var i = 0, len = arguments.length; i < len; ++i) {
total += arguments[i];
}
return total;
}

sum(1, 2, 3) // returns 6

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129. How do you make first letter of the string in an uppercase?

You can create a function which uses chain of string methods such as charAt, toUpperCase
and slice methods to generate a string with first letter in uppercase.

function capitalizeFirstLetter(string) {
return string.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + string.slice(1);
}

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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

iii. Works on every environment

iv. You can use break and continue flow control statements Cons
v. Too verbose
vi. Imperative
vii. You might face one-by-off errors

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131. How do you display the current date in javascript?

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
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();

today = mm + '/' + dd + '/' + yyyy;

document.write(today);

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132. How do you compare two date objects?

You need to use use date.getTime() method to compare date values instead comparision
operators (==, !=, ===, and !== operators)

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 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,
"Good morning".startsWith("Good"); // true
"Good morning".startsWith("morning"); // false
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134. How do you trim a string in javascript?

JavaScript provided a trim method on string types to trim any whitespaces present at the
begining or ending of the string.

" Hello World ".trim(); //Hello World

If your browser(<IE9) doesn't support this method then you can use below polyfill.

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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135. How do you add a key value pair in javascript?

There are two possible solutions to add new properties to an object. Let's take a simple
object to explain these solutions.

var object = {
key1: value1,
key2: value2
};

. Using dot notation: This solution is useful when you know the name of the property

object.key3 = "value3";

ii. Using square bracket notation: This solution is useful when the name of the
property is dynamically determined.

obj["key3"] = "value3";

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136. Is the !-- notation represents a special operator?

No,that's not a special operator. But it is a combination of 2 standard operators one after the
other,
 ii. A logical not (!)
iii. A prefix decrement (--)

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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137. How do you assign default values to variables?

You can use the logical or operator || in an assignment expression to provide a default
value. The syntax looks like as below,
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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138. How do you define multiline strings?

You can define multiline string literals using '' character followed by line terminator.

var str = "This is a \

very lengthy \
sentence!";

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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139. What is an app shell model?

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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140. Can we define properties for functions?

Yes, We can define properties for functions because functions are also objects.

fn = function(x) {
//Function code goes here
 }

fn.name = "John";

fn.profile = function(y) {
//Profile code goes here
}

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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,
function sum(num1, num2, num3, num4){
return num1 + num2 + num3 + num4;
}
sum.length // 4 is the number of parameters expected.

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142. What is a polyfill?

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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143. What are break and continue statements?

The break statement is used to "jumps out" of a loop. i.e, It breaks the loop and continues
executing the code after the loop.

for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {

if (i === 5) { break; }
text += "Number: " + i + "<br>";
}

The continue statement is used to "jumps 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.

for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {

if (i === 5) { continue; }
text += "Number: " + i + "<br>";
}
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144. What are js labels?

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,

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);
}
}

// Output is:
// "i = 1, j = 0"
// "i = 2, j = 0"
// "i = 2, j = 1"

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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,

. Gives cleaner code

i. It provides a single place to look for local variables
ii. Easy to avoid unwanted global variables
iii. It reduces the possibility of unwanted re-declarations

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146. What are the benefits of initializing variables?

It is recommended to initialize variables because of the below benefits,

. It gives cleaner code

i. It provides a single place to initialize variables
ii. Avoid undefined values in the code
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147. What are the recommendations to create new object?

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.

. Assign {} instead of new Object()

i. Assign "" instead of new String()
ii. Assign 0 instead of new Number()
iii. Assign false instead of new Boolean()
iv. Assign [] instead of new Array()
v. Assign /()/ instead of new RegExp()
vi. Assign function (){} instead of new Function()

You can define them as an example,

var v1 = {};
var v2 = "";
var v3 = 0;
var v4 = false;
var v5 = [];
var v6 = /()/;
var v7 = function(){};

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148. How do you define JSON arrays?

JSON arrays are written inside square brackets and array contain javascript objects. For
example, the JSON array of users would be as below,

"users":[
{"firstName":"John", "lastName":"Abrahm"},
{"firstName":"Anna", "lastName":"Smith"},
{"firstName":"Shane", "lastName":"Warn"}
]

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149. How do you generate random integers?

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,
 Math.floor(Math.random() * 10) + 1; // returns a random integer from 1 to
10
Math.floor(Math.random() * 100) + 1; // returns a random integer from 1 to
100

Note: Math.random() returns a random number between 0 (inclusive), and 1 (exclusive)

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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)

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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151. What is tree shaking?

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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152. What is the need of tree shaking?

Tree Shaking can significantly reduce the code size in any application. i.e, The less code we
send over the wire the more performant the application will be. For example, if we just want
to create a “Hello World” Application using SPA frameworks then it will take around few MBs,
but by tree shaking it can bring down the size to just few hundred KBs. Tree shaking is been
implemented in Rollup and Webpack bundlers.

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153. Is it recommended to use eval?

 No, it allows arbitrary code to be run which casues 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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154. What is a Regular Expression?

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,

/pattern/modifiers;

For example, the regular expression or search pattern with case-insensitive username would
be,

/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.

var msg = "Hello John";

var n = msg.search(/John/i); // 6

The replace() method is used return a modified string where the pattern is replaced.

var msg = "Hello John";

var n = msg.replace(/John/i, "Buttler"); // Hello Buttler

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156. What are modifiers in regular expression?

Modifiers can be used to perform case-insensitive and global searches. Let's list down some
of the modifiers,

Modifier Description

i Perform case-insensitive matching

 Modifier Description

g Perform a global match rather than stops at first match

m Perform multiline matching

Let's take an example of global modifier,

```javascript
var text = "Learn JS one by one";
var pattern = /one/g;
var result = text.match(pattern); // one,one
```
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157. What are regular expression patterns?

Regular Expressions provided group of patterns in order to match characters. Basically they
are categorized into 3 types,

i. Brackets: These are used to find a range of characters. For example, below are some
use cases,
a. [abc]: Used to find any of the characters between the brackets(a,b,c)
b. [0-9]: Used to find any of the digits between the brackets
c. (a|b): Used to find any of the alternatives separated with |
ii. Metacharacters: These are characters with a special meaning For example, below are
some use cases,
a. \d: Used to find a digit
b. \s: Used to find a whitespace character
c. \b: Used to find a match at the beginning or ending of a word
iii. Quantifiers: These are useful to define quantities For example, below are some use
cases,
a. n+: Used to find matches for any string that contains at least one n
b. n*: Used to find matches for any string that contains zero or more
occurrences of n
c. n?: Used to find matches for any string that contains zero or one occurrences
of n

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158. What is a RegExp object?

RegExp object is a regular expression object with predefined properties and methods. Let's
see the simple usage of RegExp object,
 var regexp = new RegExp('\\w+');
console.log(regexp);
// expected output: /\w+/

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159. How do you search a string for a pattern?

You can use test() method of regular expression in order to search a string for a pattern, and
returns true or false depending on the result.

var pattern = /you/;

console.log(pattern.test("How are you?")); //true

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160. What is the purpose of exec method?

The purpose of exec method is similar to test method but it returns a founded text as an
object instead of returning true/false.

var pattern = /you/;

console.log(pattern.test("How are you?")); //you

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161. How do you change style of a HTML element?

You can change inline style or classname of a HTML element using javascript

i. ** Using style property:** You can modify inline style using style property

document.getElementById("title").style.fontSize = "30px";

ii. ** Using ClassName property:** It is easy to modify element class using className
property

document.getElementById("title").style.className = "custom-title";

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162. What would be the result of 1+2+'3'?

The output is going to be 33. Since 1 and 2 are numeric values, the result of 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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163. What is a debugger statement?

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.

function getProfile() {
// code goes here
debugger;
// code goes here
}

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164. What is the purpose of breakpoints in debugging?

You can set breakpoints in the javascript code once the debugger statement is executed and
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 play button.

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165. Can I use reserved words as identifiers?

No, you cannot use the reserved words as variables, labels, object or function names. Let's
see one simple example,

var else = "hello"; // Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token else

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166. How do you detect a mobile browser?

You can use regex which returns a true or false value depending on whether or not the user
is browsing with a mobile.

window.mobilecheck = function() {
var mobileCheck = false;

(function(a){if(/(android|bb\d+|meego).+mobile|avantgo|bada\/|blackberry|blaze
r|compal|elaine|fennec|hiptop|iemobile|ip(hone|od)|iris|kindle|lge
|maemo|midp|mmp|mobile.+firefox|netfront|opera m(ob|in)i|palm(
os)?|phone|p(ixi|re)\/|plucker|pocket|psp|series(4|6)0|symbian|treo|up\.(brows
 er|link)|vodafone|wap|windows
ce|xda|xiino/i.test(a)||/1207|6310|6590|3gso|4thp|50[1-6]i|770s|802s|a
wa|abac|ac(er|oo|s\-
)|ai(ko|rn)|al(av|ca|co)|amoi|an(ex|ny|yw)|aptu|ar(ch|go)|as(te|us)|attw|au(di
|\-m|r |s )|avan|be(ck|ll|nq)|bi(lb|rd)|bl(ac|az)|br(e|v)w|bumb|bw\-
(n|u)|c55\/|capi|ccwa|cdm\-|cell|chtm|cldc|cmd\-
|co(mp|nd)|craw|da(it|ll|ng)|dbte|dc\-s|devi|dica|dmob|do(c|p)o|ds(12|\-
d)|el(49|ai)|em(l2|ul)|er(ic|k0)|esl8|ez([4-7]0|os|wa|ze)|fetc|fly(\-|_)|g1
u|g560|gene|gf\-5|g\-mo|go(\.w|od)|gr(ad|un)|haie|hcit|hd\-(m|p|t)|hei\-
|hi(pt|ta)|hp( i|ip)|hs\-c|ht(c(\-| |_|a|g|p|s|t)|tp)|hu(aw|tc)|i\-
(20|go|ma)|i230|iac( |\-
|\/)|ibro|idea|ig01|ikom|im1k|inno|ipaq|iris|ja(t|v)a|jbro|jemu|jigs|kddi|keji
|kgt( |\/)|klon|kpt |kwc\-|kyo(c|k)|le(no|xi)|lg( g|\/(k|l|u)|50|54|\-[a-
w])|libw|lynx|m1\-w|m3ga|m50\/|ma(te|ui|xo)|mc(01|21|ca)|m\-
cr|me(rc|ri)|mi(o8|oa|ts)|mmef|mo(01|02|bi|de|do|t(\-| |o|v)|zz)|mt(50|p1|v
)|mwbp|mywa|n10[0-2]|n20[2-3]|n30(0|2)|n50(0|2|5)|n7(0(0|1)|10)|ne((c|m)\-
|on|tf|wf|wg|wt)|nok(6|i)|nzph|o2im|op(ti|wv)|oran|owg1|p800|pan(a|d|t)|pdxg|p
g(13|\-([1-8]|c))|phil|pire|pl(ay|uc)|pn\-2|po(ck|rt|se)|prox|psio|pt\-g|qa\-
a|qc(07|12|21|32|60|\-[2-7]|i\-
)|qtek|r380|r600|raks|rim9|ro(ve|zo)|s55\/|sa(ge|ma|mm|ms|ny|va)|sc(01|h\-
|oo|p\-)|sdk\/|se(c(\-|0|1)|47|mc|nd|ri)|sgh\-|shar|sie(\-|m)|sk\-
0|sl(45|id)|sm(al|ar|b3|it|t5)|so(ft|ny)|sp(01|h\-|v\-|v
)|sy(01|mb)|t2(18|50)|t6(00|10|18)|ta(gt|lk)|tcl\-|tdg\-|tel(i|m)|tim\-|t\-
mo|to(pl|sh)|ts(70|m\-|m3|m5)|tx\-
9|up(\.b|g1|si)|utst|v400|v750|veri|vi(rg|te)|vk(40|5[0-3]|\-
v)|vm40|voda|vulc|vx(52|53|60|61|70|80|81|83|85|98)|w3c(\-| )|webc|whit|wi(g
|nc|nw)|wmlb|wonu|x700|yas\-|your|zeto|zte\-/i.test(a.substr(0,4)))
mobileCheck = true;})(navigator.userAgent||navigator.vendor||window.opera);
return mobileCheck;
};

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167. How do you detect a mobile browser without regexp?

You can detect mobile browser by simply running through a list of devices and checking if
the useragent matches anything. This is an alternative solution for RegExp usage,

function detectmob() {
if( navigator.userAgent.match(/Android/i)
|| navigator.userAgent.match(/webOS/i)
|| navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone/i)
|| navigator.userAgent.match(/iPad/i)
|| navigator.userAgent.match(/iPod/i)
|| navigator.userAgent.match(/BlackBerry/i)
|| navigator.userAgent.match(/Windows Phone/i)
){
return true;
}
else {
return false;
}
}
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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.

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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169. How do you make synchronous HTTP request?

Browsers provide an XMLHttpRequest object which can be used to make synchronous HTTP
requests from 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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170. How do you make asynchronous HTTP request?

Browsers provide an XMLHttpRequest object which can be used to make asynchronous HTTP
requests from JavaScript by passing 3rd parameter as true.

function httpGetAsync(theUrl, callback)

{
var xmlHttpReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlHttpReq.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xmlHttpReq.readyState == 4 && xmlHttpReq.status == 200)
callback(xmlHttpReq.responseText);
}
xmlHttp.open("GET", theUrl, true); // true for asynchronous
xmlHttp.send(null);
}

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171. How do you convert date to another timezone in javascript?

 You can use toLocaleString() method to convert date in one timezone to another. For
example, let's convert current date to British English timezone as below,

console.log(event.toLocaleString('en-GB', { timeZone: 'UTC' })); //29/06/2019,

09:56:00

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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,

var width = window.innerWidth

|| document.documentElement.clientWidth
|| document.body.clientWidth;

var height = window.innerHeight

|| document.documentElement.clientHeight
|| document.body.clientHeight;

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173. What is a conditional operator in javascript?

The conditional (ternary) operator is the only JavaScript operator that takes three operands
which acts as a shortcut for if statement.

var isAuthenticated = false;

console.log(isAuthenticated ? 'Hello, welcome' : 'Sorry, you are not
authenticated'); //Sorry, you are not authenticated

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174. Can you apply chaining on conditional operator?

Yes, you can apply chaining on conditional operator similar to if … else if … else if … else
chain. The syntax is going to be as below,

function traceValue(someParam) {
return condition1 ? value1
: condition2 ? value2
: condition3 ? value3
: value4;
}

// The above conditional operator is equivalent to:

 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,

ii. ** window.onload:**

window.onload = function ...

ii. document.onload:

document.onload = function ...

iii. ** body onload:**

<body onload="script();">

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176. What is the difference between proto and prototype?

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
( new Employee ).__proto__ === Employee.prototype;
( new Employee ).prototype === undefined;

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177. Give an example where do you really need semicolon?

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.

// define a function
var fn = function () {
//...
} // semicolon missing at this line

// then execute some code inside a closure

 (function () {
//...
})();

and it will be interpreted as

var fn = function () {
//...
}(function () {
//...
})();

In this case, we are passing 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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178. What is a freeze method?

The freeze() method is used to freeze an object. Freezing an object does'nt 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.

const obj = {
prop: 100
};

Object.freeze(obj);
obj.prop = 200; // Throws an error in strict mode

console.log(obj.prop); //100

Note: It causes a TypeError if the argument passed is not an object.

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179. What is the purpose of freeze method?

Below are the main benefits of using freeze method,

iii. It is used for freezing objects and arrays.

iv. It is used to make an object immutable.

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180. Why do I need to use freeze method?

 In 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 final keyword which is used in various languages.

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181. How do you detect a browser language preference?

You can use navigator object to detect a browser language preference as below,

var language = navigator.languages && navigator.languages[0] || // Chrome /

Firefox
navigator.language || // All browsers
navigator.userLanguage; // IE <= 10

console.log(language);

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182. How to convert string to title case with javascript?

Title case means that the first letter of each word is capitalized. You can convert a string to
title case using the below function,

function toTitleCase(str) {
return str.replace(
/\w\S*/g,
function(txt) {
return txt.charAt(0).toUpperCase() +
txt.substr(1).toLowerCase();
}
);
}
toTitleCase("good morning john"); // Good Morning John

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183. How do you detect javascript disabled in the page?

You can use <noscript> tag to detect javascript disabled or not. The code block
inside <noscript> get executed when JavaScript is disabled, and are typically used to display
alternative content when the page generated in JavaScript.
<script type="javascript">
// JS related code goes here
</script>
<noscript>
<a href="next_page.html?noJS=true">JavaScript is disabled in the apge.
Please click Next Page</a>
</noscript>
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184. What are various operators supported by javascript?

An operator is capable of manipulating(mathematical and logical computations) a certain

value or operand. There are various operators supported by JavaScript as below,

. Arithmetic Operators: Includes + (Addition),– (Subtraction), * (Multiplication), /

(Division), % (Modulus), + + (Increment) and – – (Decrement)
i. Comparison Operators: Includes = =(Equal),!= (Not Equal), ===(Equal with type), >
(Greater than),> = (Greater than or Equal to),< (Less than),<= (Less than or Equal to)
ii. Logical Operators: Includes &&(Logical AND),||(Logical OR),!(Logical NOT)
iii. Assignment Operators: Includes = (Assignment Operator), += (Add and Assignment
Operator), – = (Subtract and Assignment Operator), *= (Multiply and Assignment), /=
(Divide and Assignment), %= (Modules and Assignment)
iv. Ternary Operators: It includes conditional(: ?) Operator
v. typeof Operator: It uses to find type of variable. The syntax looks like typeof
variable

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185. What is a rest parameter?

Rest parameter is an improved way to handle function parameter which allows us to

represent an indefinite number of arguments as an array. The syntax would be as below,

function f(a, b, ...theArgs) {

// ...
}

For example, let's take a sum example to calculate on dynamic number of parameters,

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

Note: Rest parameter is added in ES2015 or ES6

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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.

function someFunc(a,…b,c){
//You code goes here
return;
}

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187. What are the bitwise operators available in javascript?

Below are the list of bit-wise logical operators used in JavaScript

. Bit-wise AND ( & )

i. Bit-Wise OR ( | )
ii. Bit-Wise XOR ( ^ )
iii. Bit-Wise NOT ( ~ )
iv. Left Shift ( << )
v. Sign Propagating Right Shift ( >> )
vi. Zero fill Right Shift ( >>> )

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188. What is a spread operator?

Spread operator allows iterables( arrays / objects / strings ) to be expanded into single
arguments/elements. Let's take an example to see this behavior,

function calculateSum(x, y, z) {
return x + y + z;
}

const numbers = [1, 2, 3];

console.log(calculateSum(...numbers)); // 6

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189. How do you determine whether object is frozen or not?

 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,

. If it is not extensible.
i. If all of its properties are non-configurable.
ii. 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,

Object.is('hello', 'hello'); // true

Object.is(window, window); // true
Object.is([], []) // false

Two values are the same if one of the following holds:

. both undefined
i. both null
ii. both true or both false
iii. both strings of the same length with the same characters in the same order
iv. both the same object (means both object have same reference)
v. 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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191. What is the purpose of using object is method?

Some of the applications of Object's is method are follows,

. It is used for comparison of two strings.

i. It is used for comparison of two numbers.
ii. It is used for comparing the polarity of two numbers.
iii. It is used for comparison of two objects.
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192. How do you copy properties from one object to other?

You can use 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,

Object.assign(target, ...sources)

Let's take exampple with one source and one target object,

const target = { a: 1, b: 2 };
const source = { b: 3, c: 4 };

const returnedTarget = Object.assign(target, source);

console.log(target); // { a: 1, b: 3, c: 5 }

console.log(returnedTarget); // { a: 1, b: 3, c: 5 }

As observed in the above code, there is a common property(b) from source to target so it's
value is been overwritten.

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193. What are the applications of assign method?

Below are the some of main applications of Object.assign() method,

. It is used for cloning an object.

i. It is used to merge object with same properties.

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194. What is a proxy object?

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,

var p = new Proxy(target, handler);

Let's take an example of proxy object,

var handler = {
get: function(obj, prop) {
return prop in obj ?
 obj[prop] :
100;
}
};

var p = new Proxy({}, handler);

p.a = 10;
p.b = null;

console.log(p.a, p.b); // 1, null

console.log('c' in p, p.c); // false, 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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195. What is the purpose of seal method?

The Object.seal() method is used 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

const object = {
property: 'Welcome JS world'
};
Object.seal(object);
object.property = 'Welcome to object world';
console.log(Object.isSealed(object)); // Welcome to object world
delete object.property; // You cannot delete when sealed
console.log(object.property); //Welcome to object world

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196. What are the applications of seal method?

Below are the main applications of Object.seal() method,

. It is used for sealing objects and arrays.

i. It is used to make an object immutable.

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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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198. How do you determine if an object is sealed or not?

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

. If it is not extensible.
i. If all of its properties are non-configurable.
ii. If it is not removable (but not necessarily non-writable). Let's see it in the action

const object = {
property: 'Hello, Good morning'
};

Object.seal(object); // Using seal() method to seal the object

console.log(Object.isSealed(object)); // checking whether the object is

sealed or not

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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,

const object = {
a: 'Good morning',
b: 100
};

for (let [key, value] of Object.entries(object)) {

console.log(`${key}: ${value}`); // a: 'Good morning'
// b: 100
}

Note: The order is not guaranteed as object defined.

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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.

const object = {
a: 'Good morning',
b: 100
};

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 Object.keys() method which is used 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,
const user = {
name: 'John',
gender: 'male',
age: 40
};

console.log(Object.keys(user)); //['name', 'gender', 'age']

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202. How do you create an object with prototype?

The Object.create() method is used to create a new object with the specified prototype object
and properties. i.e, It uses existing object as the prototype of the newly created object. It
returns a new object with the specified prototype object and properties.

const user = {
name: 'John',
printInfo: function () {
console.log(`My name is ${this.name}.`);
}
};

const admin = Object.create(person);

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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203. What is a WeakSet?

WeakSet is used to store a collection of weakly(weak references) held objects. The syntax
would be as follows,

new WeakSet([iterable]);

Let's see the below example to explain it's behavior,

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,

. Sets can store any value Whereas WeakSets can store only collections of objects
i. WeakSet does not have size property unlike Set
ii. WeakSet does not have methods such as clear, keys, values, entries, forEach.
iii. WeakSet is not iterable.

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205. List down the collection of methods available on WeakSet?

Below are the list of methods available on WeakSet,

. add(value): A new object is appended with the given value to the weakset
i. delete(value): Deletes the value from the WeakSet collection.
ii. has(value): It returns true if the value is present in the WeakSet Collection, otherwise
it returns false.
iii. length(): It returns the length of weakSetObject Let's see the functionality of all the
above methods in an example,
 var weakSetObject = new WeakSet();
var firstObject = {};
var secondObject = {};
// add(value)
weakSetObject.add(firstObject);
weakSetObject.add(secondObject);
console.log(weakSetObject.has(firstObject)); //true
console.log(weakSetObject.length()); //2
weakSetObject.delete(secondObject);

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206. What is a WeakMap?

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,

new WeakMap([iterable])

Let's see the below example to explain it's behavior,

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,

. Maps can store any key type Whereas WeakMaps can store only collections of key
objects
i. WeakMap does not have size property unlike Map
ii. WeakMap does not have methods such as clear, keys, values, entries, forEach.
iii. WeakMap is not iterable.

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208. List down the collection of methods available on WeakMap?

 Below are the list of methods available on WeakMap,

. set(key, value): Sets the value for the key in the WeakMap object. Returns the
WeakMap object.
i. delete(key): Removes any value associated to the key.
ii. has(key): Returns a Boolean asserting whether a value has been associated to the key
in the WeakMap object or not.
iii. 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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209. What is the purpose of uneval?

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,

var a = 1;
uneval(a); // returns a String containing 1
uneval(function user() {}); // returns "(function user(){})"

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210. How do you encode an URL?

The encodeURI() function is used to encode complete URI which has special characters
except (, / ? : @ & = + $ #) characters.

var uri = 'https://mozilla.org/?x=шеллы';

var encoded = encodeURI(uri);
console.log(encoded); // https://mozilla.org/?x=%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%8B

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211. How do you decode an URL?

 The decodeURI() function is used to decode a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) previously
created by encodeURI().

var uri = 'https://mozilla.org/?x=шеллы';

var encoded = encodeURI(uri);
console.log(encoded); //
https://mozilla.org/?x=%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%8B
try {
console.log(decodeURI(encoded)); // "https://mozilla.org/?x=шеллы"
} catch(e) { // catches a malformed URI
console.error(e);
}

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212. How do you print the contents of web page?

The window object provided print() method which is used to prints the contents of the
current window. It opens Print dialog box which lets you choose between various printing
options. Let's see the usage of print method in an example,

<input type="button" value="Print" onclick="window.print()" />

Note: In most browsers, it will block while the print dialog is open.

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213. What is the difference between uneval and eval?

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,
var msg = uneval(function greeting() { return 'Hello, Good morning'; });
var greeting = eval(msg);
greeting(); // returns "Hello, Good morning"

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214. What is an anonymous function?

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,

function (optionalParameters) {
//do something
}

const myFunction = function(){ //Anonymous function assigned to a variable

//do something
 };

[1, 2, 3].map(function(element){ //Anonymous function used as a callback

function
//do something
});

Let's see the above anonymous function in an example,

var x = function (a, b) {return a * b};

var z = x(5, 10);
console.log(z); // 50

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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.

var msg = "Good morning";

function greeting() {
msg = "Good Evening";
console.log(msg);
}
greeting();

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216. What are javascript accessors?

ECMAScript 5 introduced javascript object accessors or computed properties through getters

and setters. Getters uses get keyword whereas Setters uses set keyword.
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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217. How do you define property on Object constructor?

The Object.defineProperty() static method is used to define a new property directly on an

object, or modifies an existing property on an object, and returns the object. Let's see an
example to know how to define property,

const newObject = {};

Object.defineProperty(newObject, 'newProperty', {
value: 100,
writable: false
});

console.log(newObject.newProperty); // 100

newObject.newProperty = 200; // It throws an error in strict mode due to

writable setting

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218. What is the difference between get and defineProperty?

Both has 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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219. What are the advantages of Getters and Setters?

Below are the list of benefits of Getters and Setters,

. They provide simpler syntax

i. They are used for defining computed properties, or accessors in JS.
ii. Useful to provide equivalence relation between properties and methods
iii. They can provide better data quality
iv. 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 Object.defineProperty() method to add Getters and Setters. For
example, the below counter object uses increment, decrement, add and substract properties,
var counterObj = {counter : 0};
 // 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;}
});

obj.add = 10;
obj.subtract = 5;
console.log(obj.increment); //6
console.log(obj.decrement); //5

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221. What is the purpose of switch-case?

The switch case statement in JavaScript is used for decision making purposes. In few cases,
using the switch case statement is going to be more convenient than if-else statements. The
syntax would be as below,

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?

Below are the list of conventions should be taken care,

. The expression can be of type either number or string.

i. Duplicate values are not allowed for the expression.
ii. The default statement is optional. If the expression passed to switch does not
matches with any case value then the statement within default case will be executed.
iii. The break statement is used inside the switch to terminate a statement sequence.
iv. The break statement is optional. But if it omitted, the execution will continue on into
the next case.

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223. What are primitive data types?

A primitive data type is data that has a primitive value (which has no properties or methods).
There are 5 types of primitive data types.

. string
i. number
ii. boolean
iii. null
iv. undefined

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224. What are the different ways to access object properties?

There are 3 possible ways for accessing the property of an object.

. Dot notation: It uses dot for accessing the properties

objectName.property

ii. Square brackets notation: It uses square brackets for property access

objectName["property"]

iii. Expression notation: It uses expression in the square brackets

objectName[expression]
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225. What are the function parameter rules?

JavaScript functions follow below rules for parameters,

iii. The function definitions do not specify data types for parameters.
iv. Do not perform type checking on the passed arguments.
v. Do not check the number of arguments received. i.e, The below function follows the
above rules,

function functionName(parameter1, parameter2, parameter3) {

console.log(parameter1); // 1
}
functionName(1);

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226. What is an error object?

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,

try {
greeting("Welcome");
}
catch(err) {
console.log(err.name + "<br>" + err.message);
}

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227. When you get a syntax error?

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

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, | Error Name |
Description | |---- | --------- | EvalError | An error has occurred in the eval() function | |
RangeError | An error has occurred with a number "out of range" | | ReferenceError | An error
due to an illegal reference| | SyntaxError | An error due to a syntax error| | TypeError | An error
due to a type error | | URIError | An error due to encodeURI() |

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229. What are the various statements in error handling?

Below are the list of statements used in an error handling,

. try: This statement is used to test a block of code for errors

i. catch: This statement is used to handle the error
ii. throw: This statement is used to create custom errors.
iii. finally: This statement is used to execute code after try and catch regardless of the
result.

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230. What are the two types of loops in javascript?

. 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.
i. Exit Controlled Loops: In this kind of loop typpe, the test condition is tested or
evaluated at the end of loop body. i.e, the loop body will execute atleast once
irrespective of test condition true or false. For example, do-while loop comes under
this category.

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231. What is nodejs?

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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232. What is an Intl object?

 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 an 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 Intl.DateTimeFormat object which is constructor for objects that enable
language-sensitive date and time formatting. Let's see this behavior with an example,
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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234. What is an Iterator?

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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235. What is an event loop?

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 async function has finished executing the code. Note: It allows Node.js
to perform non-blocking I/O operations eventhough JavaScript is single-threaded.

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236. What is call stack?

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237. What is an event queue?

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238. What is a decorator?

 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,

function admin(isAdmin) {
return function(target) {
target.isAdmin = isAdmin;
}
}

@admin(true)
class User() {
}
console.log(User.isAdmin); //true

@admin(false)
class User() {
}
console.log(User.isAdmin); //false

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239. What are the properties of Intl object?

Below are the list of properties available on Intl object,

. Collator: These are the objects that enable language-sensitive string comparison.
i. DateTimeFormat: These are the objects that enable language-sensitive date and
time formatting.
ii. ListFormat: These are the objects that enable language-sensitive list formatting.
iii. NumberFormat: Objects that enable language-sensitive number formatting.
iv. PluralRules: Objects that enable plural-sensitive formatting and language-specific
rules for plurals.
v. RelativeTimeFormat: Objects that enable language-sensitive relative time
formatting.

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240. What is an Unary operator?

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.

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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241. How do you sort elements in an array?

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,

var months = ["Aug", "Sep", "Jan", "June"];

months.sort();
console.log(months); // ["Aug", "Jan", "June", "Sep"]

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242. What is the purpose of compareFunction while sorting arrays?

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,

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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243. How do you reversing an array?

You can use reverse() method is used 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,

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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244. How do you find min and max value in an array?

You can use Math.min and Math.max methods on array variable to find the minimum and
maximum elements with in an array. Let's create two functions to find the min and max value
with in an array,
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);
}

console.log(findMin(marks));
console.log(findMax(marks));

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245. How do you find min and max values without Math functions?

You can write functions which loops 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 an max values,

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;
}

console.log(findMin(marks));
console.log(findMax(marks));

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246. What is an empty statement and purpose of it?

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,

// Initialize an array a
for(int i=0; i < a.length; a[i++] = 0) ;

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247. How do you get meta data of a module?

You can use 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
module's URL. In browser, you might get different meta data than NodeJS.
<script type="module" src="welcome-module.js"></script>
console.log(import.meta); // { url: "file:///home/user/welcome-module.js" }

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248. What is a comma operator?

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,

var x = 1;
x = (x++, x);

console.log(x); // 2

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249. What is the advantage of a comma operator?

It is normally used to include multiple expressions in a location that requires a single

expression. One of the common usage 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,
for (var a = 0, b =10; a <= 10; a++, b--)

You can also use the comma operator in a return statement where it process before
returning.

function myFunction() {
var a = 1;
return (a += 10, a); // 11
}
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250. What is typescript?

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
```
npm install -g typescript
```
Let's see a simple example of TypeScript usage,
```typescript
function greeting(person: string) {
return "Hello, " + person;
}

let user = "Sudheer";

document.body.innerHTML = greeting(user);
```
The greeting method allows only string type as argument.
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251. What are the differences between javascript and typescript?

Below are the list of differences between javascript and typescript,

feature typescript javascri

Language paradigm Object oriented programming language Scripting language

Typing support Supports static typing It has dynamic typing

Modules Supported Not supported

Interface It has interfaces concept Doesn't support interfaces

Optional parameters Functions support optional parameters No support of optional parame

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252. What are the advantages of typescript over javascript?

 Below are some of the advantages of typescript over javascript,

i. TypeScript is able to find compile time errors at the development time only and it
make sures less runtime errors. Whereas javascript is interpreted language.
ii. TypeScript is is strongly-typed or supports static typing which allows for checking
type correctness at compile time. This is not available in javascript.
iii. 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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253. What is an object initializer?

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.

var initObject = {a: 'John', b: 50, c: {}};

console.log(initObject.a); // John

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254. What is a constructor method?

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,

class Employee {
constructor() {
this.name = "John";
}
}

var employeeObject = new Employee();

console.log(employeeObject.name); // John

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255. 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.
class Employee {
constructor() {
this.name = "John";
}
constructor() { // Uncaught SyntaxError: A class may only have one
constructor
this.age = 30;
}
}

var employeeObject = new Employee();

console.log(employeeObject.name);

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256. How do you call the constructor of a parent class?

You can use 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,
class Square extends Rectangle {
constructor(length) {
super(length, length);
this.name = 'Square';
}

get area() {
return this.width * this.height;
}

set area(value) {
this.area = value;
}
}

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257. How do you get the prototype of an object?

You can use Object.getPrototypeOf(obj) method is used 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.
const newPrototype = {};
const newObject = Object.create(newPrototype);

console.log(Object.getPrototypeOf(newObject) === newPrototype); // true

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258. 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.
// ES5
Object.getPrototypeOf('James'); // TypeError: "James" is not an object
// ES2015
Object.getPrototypeOf('James'); // String.prototype

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259. How do you set prototype of one object to another?

You can use 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,
Object.setPrototypeOf(Square.prototype, Rectangle.prototype);
Object.setPrototypeOf({}, null);

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260. How do you check whether an object can be extendable or not?

The Object.isExtensible() method is used to determine if an object is extensible or not.

i.e, Whether it can have new properties added to it or not.
const newObject = {};
console.log(Object.isExtensible(newObject)); //true

Note: By default, all the objects are extendable. i.e, The new properties can added or
modified.

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261. How do you prevent an object to extend?

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,
const newObject = {};
Object.preventExtensions(newObject); // NOT extendable

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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262. What are the different ways to make an object non-extensible?

You can mark an object non-extensible in 3 ways,

i. Object.preventExtensions
ii. Object.seal
iii. Object.freeze

var newObject = {};

Object.preventExtensions(newObject); // Prevent objects are non-extensible

Object.isExtensible(newObject); // false

var sealedObject = Object.seal({}); // Sealed objects are non-extensible

Object.isExtensible(sealedObject); // false

var frozenObject = Object.freeze({}); // Frozen objects are non-extensible

Object.isExtensible(frozenObject); // false

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263. How do you define multiple properties on an object?

The Object.defineProperties() method is used to define new or modifies existing

properties directly on an object and returning the object. Let's define multiple properties on
an empty object,
const newObject = {};

Object.defineProperties(newObject, {
newProperty1: {
value: 'John',
writable: true
},
newProperty2: {}
});

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264. What is MEAN in javascript?

 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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265. What Is Obfuscation in javascript?

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,

function greeeting() {
console.log('Hello, welcome to JS world');
}

And after the code Obfuscation, it would be appeared as below,

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|greeeting|function|log|Hello|JS|to|welcome|world'.split('|
'),0,{}))

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266. Why do you need Obfuscation?

Below are the few reasons for Obfuscation,

i. The Code size will be reduced. So data transfers between server and client will be
fast.
ii. It hides the business logic from outside world and protects the code from others
iii. Reverse engineering is highly difficult
iv. The download time will be reduced

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267. What is Minification?

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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268. What are the advantages of minification?

Normally it is recommend to use minification for heavy traffic and intensive requirements of
resources. It reduces file sizes with below benefits,

i. Decreases loading times of a web page

ii. Saves bandwidth usages

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269. What are the differences between Obfuscation and Encryption?

Below are the main differences between Obfuscation and Encryption,

Feature Obfuscation Encryption

Changing the form of any data in any Changing the form of information to a
Definition
other form using a key

A key to decode It can be decoded without any key It is required

Target data
It will be converted to a complex form Converted into an unreadable format
format

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270. What are the common tools used for minification?

There are many online/offline tools to minify the javascript files,

i. Google's Closure Compiler

ii. UglifyJS2
iii. jsmin
iv. javascript-minifier.com/
v. prettydiff.com

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271. How do you perform form validation using javascript?

JavaScript can be used to perform HTML form validation. For example, if 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,

<form name="myForm" onsubmit="return validateForm()" method="post">

User name: <input type="text" name="uname">
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

And the validation on user login is below,

function validateForm() {
var x = document.forms["myForm"]["uname"].value;
if (x == "") {
alert("The username shouldn't be empty");
return false;
}
}

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272. How do you perform form validation without javascript?

You can perform HTML form validation automatically without using javascript. The validation
enabled by applying required attribute to prevent form submission when the input is empty.
<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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273. What are the DOM methods available for constraint validation?

The below DOM methods are available for constraint validation on an invalid input,

i. checkValidity(): It returns true if an input element contains valid data.

ii. 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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274. What are the available constraint validation DOM properties?

Below are the list of some of the constraint validation DOM properties available,

i. validity: It provides list of boolean properties related to the validity of an input

element.
ii. validationMessage: It displays the message when the validity is false.
iii. willValidate: It indicates if an input element will be validated or not.

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275. What are the list of validity properties?

The validity property of an input element provides a set of properties related to the validity
of data.

i. customError: It returns true, if a custom validity message is set.

ii. patternMismatch: It returns true, if an element's value does not match its pattern
attribute.
iii. rangeOverflow: It returns true, if an element's value is greater than its max attribute.
iv. rangeUnderflow: It returns true, if an element's value is less than its min attribute.
v. stepMismatch: It returns true, if an element's value is invalid according to step
attribute.
vi. tooLong: It returns true, if an element's value exceeds its maxLength attribute.
vii. typeMismatch: It returns true, if an element's value is invalid according to type
attribute.
viii. valueMissing: It returns true, if an element with a required attribute has no value.
ix. valid: It returns true, if an element's value is valid.

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276. Give an example usage of rangeOverflow property?

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,

<input id="age" type="number" max="100">

<button onclick="myOverflowFunction()">OK</button>
 function myOverflowFunction() {
if (document.getElementById("age").validity.rangeOverflow) {
alert("The mentioned age is not allowed");
}
}

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277. Is enums feature available in javascript?

No, javascript does not natively support enums. But there are different kind of solutions to
simulate them even though they may not provide exact equivalent. For example, you can use
freeze or seal on object,

var DaysEnum = Object.freeze({"monday":1, "tuesday":2, "wednesday":3, ...})

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278. What is an enum?

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.

enum Color {
RED, GREEN, BLUE
}

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279. How do you list all properties of an object?

You can use 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,
const newObject = {
a: 1,
b: 2,
c: 3
};

console.log(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(newObject)); ["a", "b", "c"]

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280. How do you get property descriptors of an object?

You can use Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptors() method which returns all own property
descriptors of a given object. The example usage of this method is below,
const newObject = {
 a: 1,
b: 2,
c: 3
};
const descriptorsObject = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptors(newObject);
console.log(descriptorsObject.a.writable); //true
console.log(descriptorsObject.a.configurable); //true
console.log(descriptorsObject.a.enumerable); //true
console.log(descriptorsObject.a.value); // 1

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281. What are the attributes provided by a property descriptor?

A property descriptor is a record which has the following attributes

i. value: The value associated with the property

ii. writable: Determines whether the value associated with the property can be changed
or not
iii. configurable: Returns true if the type of this property descriptor can be changed and
if the property can be deleted from the corresponding object.
iv. enumerable: Determines whether the property appears during enumeration of the
properties on the corresponding object or not.
v. set: A function which serves as a setter for the property
vi. get: A function which serves as a getter for the property

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282. How do you extend classes?

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,
class ChildClass extends ParentClass { ... }

Let's take an example of Square subclass from Polygon parent class,

class Square extends Rectangle {

constructor(length) {
super(length, length);
this.name = 'Square';
}

get area() {
return this.width * this.height;
}

set area(value) {
 this.area = value;
}
}

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283. How do I modify the url without reloading the page?

The window.localtion.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,
window.history.pushState('page2', 'Title', '/page2.html');

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284. 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) with in array.
var numericArray = [1, 2, 3, 4];
console.log(numericArray.includes(3)); // true

var stringArray = ['green', 'yellow', 'blue'];

console.log(stringArray.includes('blue')); //true

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285. How do you compare scalar arrays?

You can use length and every methods of arrays to compare two scalar(compared directly
using ===) arrays. The combination of these expressions can give the expected result,

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,

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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286. How to get the value from get parameters?

The new URL() object accepts 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).
let urlString = "http://www.some-domain.com/about.html?x=1&y=2&z=3";
//window.location.href
let url = new URL(urlString);
let parameterZ = url.searchParams.get("z");
console.log(parameterZ); // 3

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287. How do you print numbers with commas as thousand

separators?

You can use Number.prototype.toLocaleString() method which returns a string with a

language-sensitive representation such as thousand separator,currency etc of this number.
function convertToThousandFormat(x){
return x.toLocaleString(); // 12,345.679
}

console.log(convertToThousandFormat(12345.6789));

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288. What is the difference between java and javascript?

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, | Feature | Java | JavaScript | |---- | --------- | Typed | It's a strongly typed
language | It's a dynamic typed language | | Paradigm | Object oriented programming |
Prototype based programming | | Scoping | Block scoped | Function-scoped | | Concurrency |
Thread based | event based | | Memory | Uses more memory | Uses less memory. Hence it will
be used for web pages |

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289. Is javascript supports namespace?

JavaScript doesn’t support namespace by default. So if you create any element(function,

method, object, variable) then it becomes global and pollute the global namespace. Let's
take an example of defining two functions without any namespace,
 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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290. How do you declare namespace?

Even though JavaScript lack namespaces, we can use Objects , IIFE to create namespaces.

i. Using Object Literal Notation: Let's wrap variables and function inside Object literal
which act 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

ii. Using IIFE (Immediately invoked function expression): The outer pair of
parenthesis 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 same function
in two different function expressions to act as namespace.

(function() {
function fun1(){
console.log("This is a first definition");
} fun1();
}());

(function() {
function fun1(){
console.log("This is a second definition");
} fun1();
}());
 iii. 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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291. How do you invoke javascript code in an iframe from parent

page?

Initially iFrame need to be accessed using either document.getElementBy or window.frames.

After that contentWindow property of iFrame gives the access for targetFunction
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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292. How do get the timezone offset from date?

You can use getTimezoneOffset method of date object. This method returns the time zone
difference, in minutes, from current locale (host system settings) to UTC
var offset = new Date().getTimezoneOffset();
console.log(offset); // -480

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293. How do you load CSS and JS files dynamically?

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,

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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294. 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,

iii. document.getElementById(id): It finds an element by Id

iv. document.getElementsByTagName(name): It finds an element by tag name
v. document.getElementsByClassName(name): It finds an element by class name

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295. What is jQuery?

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,

$(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 official site or install it from CDNs, like google.

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296. What is V8 JavaScript engine?

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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297. 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/re-
assigned with values of all types.

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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298. What is a void operator?

The void operator evaluates the given expression and then returns undefined(i.e, without
returning value). The syntax would be as below,
void (expression)
void expression

Let's display a message without any redirections or reloads

<a href="javascript:void(alert('Welcome to JS world'))">Click here to see a

message</a>

Note: This operator is often used to obtain the undefined primitive value, using "void(0)".

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299. How to set the cursor to wait?

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.

function myFunction() {
window.document.body.style.cursor = "wait";
}

and this function invoked on page load

<body onload="myFunction()">

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300. How do you create an infinite loop?

You can create infinite loop 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,

for (;;) {}
while(true) {
}

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301. Why do you need to avoid with statement?

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.

a.b.c.greeting = 'welcome';
a.b.c.age = 32;

Using with it turns this into:

with(a.b.c) {
greeting = "welcome";
age = 32;
}

But this with statement creates performance problems since one cannot predict whether
argument will refer to a real variable or to a property inside the with argument.

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302. What is the output of below for loops?

303. for (var i = 0; i < 4; i++) { // global scope
304. setTimeout(() => console.log(i));
305. }
306.
307. for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) { // block scope
308. setTimeout(() => console.log(i));
}

The output of the above for loops is 4 4 4 4 and 0 1 2 3 Explanation: Due to event loop of
javascript, the setTimeout callback function is called after the loop has been executed. Since
the variable i is declared with 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 let keyword it became 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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309. List down some of the features of ES6?

Below are the list of some new features of ES6,

. Support for constants or immutable variables

i. Block-scope support for variables, constants and functions
ii. Arrow functions
iii. Default parameters
iv. Rest and Spread Parameters
v. Template Literals
vi. Multi-line Strings
vii. Destructuring Assignment
viii. Enhanced Object Literals
ix. Promises
x. Classes
xi. Modules

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310. What is ES6?

ES6 is the sixth edition of the javascript language and it was released on 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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311. Can I redeclare let and const variables?

No, you cannot redeclare let and const variables. If you do, it throws below error

Uncaught SyntaxError: Identifier 'someVariable' has already been declared

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.
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

The block-scoped multi-declaration throws syntax error,

let name = 'John';

function myFunc() {
let name = 'Nick';
let name = 'Abraham'; // Uncaught SyntaxError: Identifier 'name' has
already been declared
alert(name);
}

myFunc();
alert(name);

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312. Is const variable makes the value immutable?

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)

const userList = [];

userList.push('John'); // Can mutate even though it can't re-assign
console.log(userList); // ['John']

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313. What are default parameters?

In E5, we need to depends on logical OR operator 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,

//ES5
var calculateArea = function(height, width) {
height = height || 50;
width = width || 60;

return width * height;

}
console.log(calculateArea()); //300

The default parameters makes the initialization more simpler,

//ES6
 var calculateArea = function(height = 50, width = 60) {
return width * height;
}

console.log(calculateArea()); //300

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314. What are template literals?

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,
var greeting = `Welcome to JS World, Mr. ${firstName} ${lastName}.`

In ES5, you need break string like below,

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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315. How do you write multi-line strings in template literals?

In ES5, you would have to use newline escape character('\n') and concatenation symbol(+) in
order to get multi-line strings.

console.log('This is string sentence 1\n' +

'This is string sentence 2');

Whereas in ES6, You don't need to mention any newline sequence character,

console.log(`This is string sentence

'This is string sentence 2`);

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316. What are nesting templates?

The nesting templates is a feature supported with in 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,

const iconStyles = `icon ${ isMobilePlatform() ? '' :

`icon-${user.isAuthorized ? 'submit' : 'disabled'}` }`;
 You can write the above usecase without nesting template feature as well. However, nesting
template feature is more compact and readable.

//Without nesting templates

const iconStyles = `icon ${ isMobilePlatform() ? '' :
(user.isAuthorized ? 'icon-submit' : 'icon-disabled'}`;

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317. What are tagged templates?

Tagged templates are the advanced form of templates in which tags allow you to parse
template literals with a function. The tag function accepts first parameter as array of strings
and remaining parameters as expressions. This function can also return manipulated string
based on parameters. Let's see the usage of this tagged template behavior of an IT
professional skill set in an organization,

var user1 = 'John';

var skill1 = 'JavaScript';
var experience1 = 15;

var user2 = 'Kane';

var skill2 = 'JavaScript';
var experience2 = 5;

function myInfoTag(strings, userExp, experienceExp) {

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}${str1}${experienceExp}{str3}`;
}

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(output);// Mr/Ms. John is a/an expert developer in JavaScript

console.log(output);// Mr/Ms. Kane is a/an junior developer in JavaScript

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318. What are raw strings?

ES6 provides raw strings feature using 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,
var calculationString = String.raw `The sum of numbers is \n${1+2+3+4}!`;
console.log(calculationString); // The sum of numbers is 10

If you don't use raw strings, the newline character sequence will be processed by displaying
the output in multiple lines

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

function tag(strings) {
console.log(strings.raw[0]);
}

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319. What is destructuring assignment?

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

var [one, two, three] = ['JAN', 'FEB', 'MARCH'];

console.log(one); // "JAN"
console.log(two); // "FEB"
console.log(three); // "MARCH"

and you can get user properties of an object using destructuring assignment,

var {name, age} = {name: 'John', age: 32};

console.log(name); // John
console.log(age); // 32

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320. What are default values in destructuring assignment?

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
usecases, Arrays destructuring:

var x, y, z;

[x=2, y=4, z=6] = [10];

console.log(x); // 10
console.log(y); // 4
console.log(z); // 6

Objects destructuring:

var {x=2, y=4, z=6} = {x: 10};

console.log(x); // 10
console.log(y); // 4
console.log(z); // 6

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321. How do you swap variables in destructuring assignment?

If you don't use destructuring assignment, swapping two values requires a temporary
variable. Whereas using destructuring feature, two variables values can be swapped in one
destructuring expression. Let's swap two number variables in array destructuring assignment,

var x = 10, y = 20;

[x, y] = [y, z];

console.log(x); // 20
console.log(y); // 10

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322. What are enhanced object literals?

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.

//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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323. What are dynamic imports?

The dynamic imports using import() function syntax allows us to load modules on demand
by using promises or the async/await syntax. Currently this features is in stage4
proposal(https://github.com/tc39/proposal-dynamic-import). 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,
import('./Module').then(Module => Module.method());

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324. What are the use cases for dynamic imports?

Below are some of the use cases of using dynamic imports over static imports,

. Import a module on-demand or conditionally. For example, if you want to load a

polyfill on legacy browser

if (isLegacyBrowser()) {
import(···)
.then(···);
}

ii. Compute the module specifier at runtime. For example, you can use it for
internationalization.

import(`messages_${getLocale()}.js`).then(···);

iii. Import a module from within a regular script instead a module.

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325. What are typed arrays?

Typed arrays are array-like objects from ECMAScript 6 API for handling binary data.
JavaScript provides 8 Typed array types,

iii. Int8Array: An array of 8-bit signed integers

iv. Int16Array: An array of 16-bit signed integers
v. Int32Array: An array of 32-bit signed integers
vi. Uint8Array: An array of 8-bit unsigned integers
vii. Uint16Array: An array of 16-bit unsigned integers
viii. Uint32Array: An array of 32-bit unsigned integers
ix. Float32Array: An array of 32-bit floating point numbers
 x. Float64Array: An array of 64-bit floating point numbers

For example, you can create an array of 8-bit signed integers as below

const a = new Int8Array();

// You can pre-allocate n bytes
const bytes = 1024
const a = new Int8Array(bytes)

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326. What are the advantages of module loaders?

The module loaders provides the below features,

. Dynamic loading
i. State isolation
ii. Global namespace isolation
iii. Compilation hooks
iv. Nested virtualization

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327. What is collation?

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 comparision and sorting features,

. 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

ii. 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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328. What is for...of statement?

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,

let arrayIterable = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50];

for (let value of arrayIterable) {

value ++;
console.log(value); // 11 21 31 41 51
}

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329. What is the output of below spread operator array?

[...'John Resig']

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 with in 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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330. Is PostMessage secure?

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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331. 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.

targetWindow.postMessage(message, '*');

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332. How do you avoid receiving postMessages from attackers?

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 “message.origin” attribute. For examples, let's check
the sender's origin(http://www.some-sender.com) on receiver side(www.some-receiver.com),

//Listener on http://www.some-receiver.com/
window.addEventListener("message", function(message){
if(/^http://www\.some-sender\.com$/.test(message.origin)){
console.log('You recieved the data from valid sender', message.data);
}
});

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333. Can I avoid using postMessages completely?

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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334. Is postMessages synchronous?

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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335. What paradigm is Javascript?

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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336. What is the difference between internal and external javascript?

Internal JavaScript: It is the source code with in 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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337. Is JavaScript faster than server side script?

Yes, JavaScript is than server side script. Because JavaScript is a client-side script it does
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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338. How do you get the status of a checkbox?

You can apply checked property on 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,
<input type="checkbox" name="checkboxname" value="Agree"> Agree the
conditions<br>

console.log(document.getElementById(‘checkboxname’).checked); // true or false

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339. What is the purpose of double tilde operator?

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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340. How do you convert character to ASCII code?

You can use 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,
"ABC".charCodeAt(0) // returns 65

Whereas String.fromCharCode() method to convert numbers to equal ASCII character.

String.fromCharCode(65,66,67); // returns 'ABC'

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341. What is ArrayBuffer?

An ArrayBuffer object is used to represent a generic, fixed-length raw binary data buffer. You
can create it as below,

let buffer = new ArrayBuffer(16); // create a buffer of length 16

 alert(buffer.byteLength); // 16

To manipulate an ArrayBuffer, we need to use a “view” object.

//Create a DataView referring to the buffer

let view = new DataView(buffer);

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342. What is the output of below string expression?

console.log("Welcome to JS world"[0])

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 character "W"
of the string. Since this is not supported in IE7 and below versions, you may need to use
.charAt() method to get the desired result.

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343. What is the purpose of Error object?

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,

new Error([message[, fileName[, lineNumber]]])

You can throw user defined exceptions or errors using Error object in try...catch block as
below,

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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344. What is the purpose of EvalError object?

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,
new EvalError([message[, fileName[, lineNumber]]])

You can throw EvalError with in try...catch block as below,

 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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345. 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

ii. When you use Octal syntax

var n = 022;

ii. Using with statement

iii. When you use delete operator on a variable name
iv. Using eval or arguments as variable or function argument name
v. When you use newly reserved keywords
vi. When you declare a function in a block

if (someCondition) { function f() {} }

Hence, the errors from above cases helpful to avoid errors in development/production
environments.

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346. Is all objects have prototypes?

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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347. What is the difference between a parameter and an argument?

Parameter is the variable name of a function definition whereas an argument represent the
value given to a function when it is invoked. Let's explain this with a simple function

function myFunction(parameter1, parameter2, parameter3) {

console.log(arguments[0]) // "argument1"
console.log(arguments[1]) // "argument2"
 console.log(arguments[2]) // "argument3"
}
myFunction("argument1", "argument2", "argument3")

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348. What is the purpose of some method in arrays?

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,

var array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ,7, 8, 9, 10];

var odd = element ==> element % 2 !== 0;

console.log(array.some(odd)); // true (the odd element exists)

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349. How do you combine two or more arrays?

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,

array1.concat(array2, array3, ..., arrayX)

Let's take an example of array's concatenation with veggies and fruits arrays,

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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350. What is the difference between Shallow and Deep copy?

There are two ways to copy an object,

Shallow Copy

Shallow copy is a bit-wise 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
var empDetails = {
name: "John", age: 25, expertise: "Software Developer"
}

to create a duplicate

var empDetailsShallowCopy = empDetails //Shallow copying!

if we change some property value in the duplicate one like this:

empDetailsShallowCopy.name = "Johnson"
The above statement will also change the name of empDetails, since we have a shallow
copy. That means we're loosing 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
var empDetails = {
name: "John", age: 25, expertise: "Software Developer"
}

Create a deep copy by using the properties from the original object into new variable

var empDetailsDeepCopy = {
name: empDetails.name,
age: empDetails.age,
expertise: empDetails.expertise
}
Now if you change empDetailsDeepCopy.name, it will only affect empDetailsDeepCopy &
not empDetails

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351. How do you create specific number of copies of a string?

The repeat() method is used to construct and returns 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,
'Hello'.repeat(4); // 'HelloHelloHelloHello'
352. 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,
let regexp = /Hello(\d?))/g;
let greeting = 'Hello1Hello2Hello3';

let greetingList = [...greeting.matchAll(regexp)];

console.log(greetingList[0]); //Hello1
console.log(greetingList[1]); //Hello2
console.log(greetingList[2]); //Hello3

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354. ?

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