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This document provides an introduction to JavaScript including: - JavaScript is an interpreted language with each browser implementing its own engine to interpret code. - It covers JavaScript syntax including variables, data types like numbers and strings, and scoping rules. - Objects are also introduced including how to create, add properties and methods to objects using functions. - Array functions like filter and map are demonstrated to transform arrays.

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Mobile Application Development

This document provides an introduction to JavaScript including: - JavaScript is an interpreted language with each browser implementing its own engine to interpret code. - It covers JavaScript syntax including variables, data types like numbers and strings, and scoping rules. - Objects are also introduced including how to create, add properties and methods to objects using functions. - Array functions like filter and map are demonstrated to transform arrays.

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Mobile Application Development

Introduction to JavaScript
Interpreted Language
• Each browser has its own JavaScript engine, which either interprets
the code, or uses some sort of lazy compilation
• V8: Chrome and Node.js
• SpiderMonkey: Firefox
• JavaScriptCore: Safari
• Chakra: Microsoft Edge/IE

• They each implement the ECMAScript standard, but may differ for
anything not defined by the standard
Syntax
• Declarations
• Var
• Let
• Const
• Variables
• Same as most other languages
• Declaring variables
• Global and local scope
• Literals
Datatypes
• Dynamic typing
• Primitive types
• undefined
• null
• boolean
• number
• string
• symbol
• Objects
Typecasting? Coercion.
• Explicit vs. Implicit Coercion

• == vs ===
Primitives Vs. Objects
• Primitives are immutable
• Objects are mutable and stored by reference
• Passing by reference vs. passing by value
Scoping
• Lexical
• Block
Array Functions
• Filter
• The filter() method creates a new array with all elements that pass the test
implemented by the provided function
const words = ['spray', 'limit', 'elite', 'exuberant', 'destruction', 'present'];
const result = words.filter(word => word.length > 6);
• Map
• The map() method creates a new array populated with the results of calling a
provided function on every element in the calling array.
const array1 = [1, 4, 9, 16
map1 = array1.map(x => x * 2);
Objects
• An object is a collection of properties, and a property is an association
between a name (or key) and a value.
• Creation
Objects
• Constructor
• Define the object type by writing a constructor function. use a capital initial
letter(convention).
• Create an instance of the object with new.
Objects
• Use of this
•  use within a method to refer to
the current object.
Objects
• Deleting properties
•   can remove a non-inherited property
Objects
• Comparing objects
•  objects are a reference type.
• distinct objects are never equal, even if they have the same properties.
• Only comparing the same object reference with itself yields true.

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