Javascript

JavaScript is a high-level, interpreted programming language.

Basic

basic data type: undefined、null、boolean、number、string、symbol

object type: object array function

typeof undefined // 'undefined'
typeof NaN   //number
typeof null  //object
typeof [] // 'object'
Array.isArray([]) //true
typeof {} // 'object'
typeof console.log // 'function'
Object.prototype.toString.call(obj) // best way
p1 = new Person()
p1 instanceof Person // true
Object.assign() //shaddow copy
JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(obj)) // deep copy

Deep copy:
function cloneDeep(source) {
    if (!isObject(source)) return source; // 非对象返回自身
    var target = Array.isArray(source) ? [] : {};
    for (var key in source) {
      if (source.hasOwnProperty(i)) {
        if (isObject(source[key])) {
          target[key] = cloneDeep(source[key]); // 注意这里
        } else {
          target[key] = source[key];
        }}}
    return target;
  }
  function isObject(obj) {
    return typeof obj === 'object' && obj != null;
  }}

Shallow Comparison Check

The shallow comparison check means that JavaScript only checks that the value's object IDs are the same, not their contents are the same. The ID here means the memory address for where JavaScript stores the information for that particular object.

How JavaScript work

  • Heap - Objects are allocated in a heap which is just a name to denote a large mostly unstructured region of memory

  • Stack - This represents the single thread provided for JavaScript code execution. Function calls form a stack of frames (more on this below)

  • Browser or Web APIs are built into your web browser, and are able to expose data from the browser and surrounding computer environment and do useful complex things with it.

VIP插队： micro-task， normal: macro-task

promise iis micro

Hoisting

variable can be used before it has been declared

Hoisting is a term used to explain the behavior of variable declarations in your code. Variables declared or initialized with the var keyword will have their declaration "moved" up to the top of the current scope.

However, only the variable declarations and function declarations are hoisted. Variable assignments and function expressions are not hoisted.

Closure

A closure is an inner function that has access to the variables in the outer (enclosing) function's scope chain. Closure can keep its scope variable and not be gabage collection. Closure is a function that returns a function. It gives the access to an outer function's scope from an inner function. To use the closure, simply define a function inside another function and return it or pass it to another function.

The closure has access to variables in three scopes

  • variables in its own scope

  • variables in the enclosing function's scope

  • global variables

We can use Closure to declare a private variable.

1What will the following code output?

for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
  setTimeout(function() { alert(i); }, 1000 + i);
}

Answer

number 3 alerted 3 times after 1, 1.1, and 1.2 seconds.

Solve: use IIFE or let. 


for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
  setTimeout(function(i_local) { 
    return function() { alert(i_local); } 
  }(i), 1000 + i);
}

We pass the variable i into the outer function as a local variable named i_local, where we then return a function that will alert the i_local for us. This should now correctly alert the numbers 0, 1, and 2 in the correct order.

2. Write a function that would allow you to do this.

var addSix = createBase(6);
addSix(10); // returns 16
addSix(21); // returns 27Answer

You can create a closure to keep the value passed to the function createBase even after the inner function is returned. The inner function that is being returned is created within an outer function, making it a closure, and it has access to the variables within the outer function, in this case the variable baseNumber.

function createBase(baseNumber) {
  return function(N) {
    // we are referencing baseNumber here even though it was declared
    // outside of this function. Closures allow us to do this in JavaScript
    return baseNumber + N;
  }
}

Or:
var createBase = (b) => (N) => (N + b);

var addSix = createBase(6);
addSix(10);
addSix(21);

How would you use a closure to create a private counter?

You can create a function within an outer function (a closure) that allows you to update a private variable but the variable wouldn't be accessible from outside the function without the use of a helper function.

function counter() {
  var _counter = 0;
  // return an object with several functions that allow you
  // to modify the private _counter variable
  return {
    add: function(increment) { _counter += increment; },
    retrieve: function() { return 'The counter is currently at: ' + _counter; }
  }
}

// error if we try to access the private variable like below
// _counter;

// usage of our counter function
var c = counter();
c.add(5); 
c.add(9); 

// now we can access the private variable in the following way
c.retrieve(); // => The counter is currently at: 14

Higher-Order Function

A higher-order function is any function that takes one or more functions as arguments, which it uses to operate on some data, and/or returns a function as a result. Higher-order functions are meant to abstract some operation that is performed repeatedly. e.g.map, forEach, filter, reduce, bind.

Currying

Currying is a pattern where a function with more than one parameter is broken into multiple functions that, when called in series, will accumulate all of the required parameters one at a time. This technique can be useful for making code written in functional style easier to read and compose. It's important to node that for a function be curried, it needs to start out as one function, then broken out into a sequence of functions that each accepts one parameter.

this in JavaScript

The value of this depends on how the function is called.

The following rules are applied:

  • If the new keyword is used when calling the function, this inside the function is a brand new object.

  • If apply, call or bind are used to call/create a function, this inside the function is the object that is passed in as the argument.

  • If a function is called as a method, such as obj.method(), this here is the object that the function is a property of.

  • If a function is invoked as a free function invocation. meaning it was invoked without any of the conditions present above, this is the global object. In a browser, it is the window object. If in strict mode ("use strict"), this will be undefined instead of the global object.

  • If multiple of the above rules apply, the rule that is higher wins and will set the this value.

  • If the function is an ES6 arrow function, it ignores all the rules above and receives the this value of its surrounding scope at the time it is created.

Window vs Document

window is the main JavaScript object root, like the global object in the browser, also can be treated as the root of the DOM.

document is the main object of the rendered DOM.

Falsey Values

  • 0

  • null

  • undefined

  • ""

  • false

  • NaN

4 types of Scoping

  • Global Scope - declared outside for any function, use it without declaring

  • Function Scope - var

  • Block Scope - let & const

    • const: immutable variable, must be initialized

  • Module Scope

Prototypal Inheritance

All JavaScript objects have a prototype property, that is a reference to another object. When a property is accessed on an object and if the property is not found on that object, the JavaScript engine looks at the object's prototype, and the prototype's prototype and so on, until it finds the property defined on one of the prototypes or until it reaches the end of the prototype chain. This behavior simulates classical inheritance, but it is really more of delegation than inheritance.

Classical inheritance vs Prototypal inheritance

classical inheritance: a description of the object to be created. Classes inherit from classes and create subclass relationships.

prototypal inheritance: a prototype is a working object instance. Objects inherit directly from other objects.

null vs undefined

A variable that isundefined is a a variable that has been declared, but not assigned a value. It is of type undefined.

A variable that is null will have been explicitly assigned to the null value. It represents no value and is different from undefined in the sense that it has been explicitly assigned. It is of type object.

undefined == null // true

Create an Object in 6 different ways

  • Object() constructor 

const obj = new Object();

  • Object.create()

    • creates a new object extending the prototype object passed as a parameter 

const obj = Object.create(null);

  • Bracket's syntactic sugar

    • equals to Object.create(null), using a null prototype as an argument

const obj = {};

  • Function constructor

    • call a function and setting this of the function to a fresh new Object, and binding the prototype of that new Object to the function's prototype

const obj = function(name) {
    this.name = name
};        
const a = new obj("hello");

  • Function constructor + prototype

function myObject() {};
myObject.prototype.name = "hello";
const obj = new myObject();

  • ES6 class syntax 

class myObject {
    constructor(name) {
        this.name = name;
    }
}
const obj = new myObject("hello");

  • Singleton pattern 

 const obj = new function() {this.name = "hello"};

Callback Function

A callback function is a function passed into another function as an argument, which is then invoked inside the outer function to complete some kind of routine or action. e.g. addEventListener

function modifyArray(arr, callback) {
    // do something to arr here
    arr.push(100);
    // then execute the callback function that was passed
    callback();
}

var arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
modifyArray(arr, function() {
    console.log("array has been modified", arr);
});

Callback Hell

Callback Hell is referred to the problems caused by asynchronous AJAX calls, which means where are multiple nested callbacks.

How to fix:

  • keep the code shallow

  • modularize

  • handle every single error

Async/Await

Promise The asynchronism here is all contained in the promise chain. myFunction operates like any callback would, running synchronously. Our last log will print “I’m over here running synchronously” before returnsAPromise resolves.

In our async/await version, we have to make our entire wrapper function asynchronous. This has a couple of effects— now, myAsyncFunction returns a promise, and any synchronous code we want to run has to be pulled out of the function entirely.

Null process

A null process - which takes its name from the concept of null pointers - is what happens when no formal process is put in place

BFS vs DFS

BFS

DFS

BFS visit nodes level by level in Graph

DFS visit nodes of graph depth wise. It visits nodes until reach a leaf or a node which doesn't have non-visited nodes

A node is fully explored before any other can begin

Exploration of a node is suspended as soon as another unexplored is found

Uses Queue data structure to store un-explored nodes

Uses Stack data structure to store un-explored nodes

BFS is slower and require more memory

DFS is faster and require less memory

Event:

Event Delegation Event Bubbling Event capturing

Event Loop

The event loop is a single-threaded loop that monitors the call stack and checks if there is any work to be done in the task queue. If the call stack is empty and there are callback functions in the tack queue, a function is dequeued and pushed onto the call stack to be executed.

Currying

Currying refers to the process of transforming a function with multiple arity into the same function with less arity. The curried effect is achieved by binding some of the arguments to the first function invoke, so that those values are fixed for the next invocation

babyAnimals is a curried function;

setTimeout and setInterval

setTimeout sets a timer which executes a function or specified piece of code once after the timer expires.

setInterval repeatedly calls a function or executes a code snippet, with a fixed time delay between each call.

setImmediate vs process.nextTick

process.nextTick fires immediately on the same phase.

setImmediate fires on the following iteration or "tick" of the event loop.

new vs Object.create

new is Object.create with additionally running the constructor function. And giving the constructor the chance to return the actual object that should be the result of the expression instead of this.

Lexical Scope

Lexical scope, also known as static scope, is a convention that sets the scope of a variable so that it may only be called from within the block of code in which it is defined. The scope is determined when the code is compiled.

Bind

The bind method creates a new function that, when called, has its this keyword set to the provided value, with a given sequence of arguments preceding any provided when the new function is called.

Call vs Apply

Both are used to invoke functions and the first parameter will be used as the value of this within the function. However, call takes in comma-separated arguments as the next arguments while apply takes in an array of arguments as the next argument.

Apply - array

Map vs forEach

forEach: parameter is a function, apply the function to each item. It modifies the original array.

map: apply the function to all elements, function has two parameters, first is value, second is index. It returns a new array, the original array is not modified.

Event-Driven Programming

event-driven programming a programming paradigm in which the flow of the program is determined by events such as user actions, sensor outputs, or messages from other programs or threads.

Why Arrow Function is Convenient

Since the arrow function offers a very clean concise syntax and more intuitive scope and this binding.

Using Promises instead of Callbacks - pros & cons

props:

  • avoid callback hell which can be unreadable

  • makes it easy to write sequential asynchronous code that is readable with .then()

  • makes it easy to write parallel asynchronous code with Promise.all()

cons:

  • slightly more complex code

  • in older browsers where ES6 is not supported, you need to load a polyfill in order to use it

Software Design Pattern

  • Singleton

  • Factory method

  • Strategy

  • Observer

  • Builder

  • Adapter

  • State

How can you make people not change the value

Object.freeze()

JWT

JSON Web Tokens (JWT) are an important piece in ensuring trust and security in your application. JWT allow claims, such as user data, to be represented in a secure manner.

Strict Mode - pros & cons

"use strict" is a statement used to enable strict mode to entire scripts or individual functions. Strict mode is a way to opt into a restricted variant of JavaScript.

advantages:

  • makes it impossible to accidentally create global variables

  • makes assignments which would otherwise silently fail to throw an exception

  • makes attempts to delete undeletable properties throw

  • requires that function parameter names be unique

  • this is undefined in the global context

  • it catches some common coding bloopers, throwing exceptions

  • it disables features that are confusing or poorly thought out

disadvantages

  • many missing features that some developers might be used to

  • no more access to function.caller and function.arguments

  • concatenation of scripts written in different strict modes might cause issues

What is module and how do you use that

A module is a separated part of a program. It helps developers to separate functionality and organize the codebase by using export and import.

How to make JavaScript Multi-thread

HTML5 Web Workers

4 ways to Deep Copy Object

  • Using iteration - not work for nested objects

const iterationCopy = (obj) => {
    let res = {};
    for (let prop in obj) {
        if (obj.hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
            res[prop] = obj[prop];
        }
    }
    return res;
}

  • Converting to JSON and back

JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(obj));

  • Using Object.assign - not work for nested objects

Object.assign({}, obj);

  • Using Spread Operator - not work for nested objects

newObject = {...oldObject};

How can you share code between files

On the client (browser environment), as long as the variables/functions are declared in the global scope, all scripts can refer to them.

On the server (Node.js), Each file is treated as a module and it can export variables and functions by attaching them to the module.exports object.

Pure function

a function where the return value is only determined by its input values, without observable side effects.

RegEx

/*
   /pattern/flags
*/

const regex = /ab+c/;

const regex = /^[a-zA-Z]+[0-9]*\W?_$/gi;

let regex = new RegExp(/^[a-zA-Z]+[0-9]*\W?_$/, "gi");

let regex = new RegExp("^[a-zA-Z]+[0-9]*\\W?_$", "gi");

replace()

String.replace()

var p = 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. If the dog reacted, was it really lazy?';

var regex = /dog/gi;

console.log(p.replace(regex, 'ferret'));

Only words:

s.replace(/\W/g, '')

inherited:

function PrimaryStudent(props) {
    Student.call(this, props);
    this.grade = props.grade || 1;
}
function F() {
}
F.prototype = Student.prototype;
PrimaryStudent.prototype = new F();
PrimaryStudent.prototype.constructor = PrimaryStudent;
PrimaryStudent.prototype.getGrade = function () {
    return this.grade;
};

function Animal (name) {

  this.name = name || 'Animal';

  this.sleep = function(){
    console.log(this.name + '正在睡觉！');
  }
}

Animal.prototype.eat = function(food) {
  console.log(this.name + 'eat：' + food);
};

//inherited
function Cat(){ 
}
Cat.prototype = new Animal();
Cat.prototype.name = 'cat';

//　Test Code
var cat = new Cat();
console.log(cat.name);
console.log(cat.eat('fish'));
console.log(cat.sleep());
console.log(cat instanceof Animal); //true 
console.log(cat instanceof Cat); //true

Coercion

var a = "42";
var b = Number(a);
a; // "42"
b; // 42 -- the numbeber
var a = "42";
var b = a * 1; // "42" implicitly coerced to 42 here
a; // "42"
b; // 42 -- the number!

Select sequence

<div><button /></div>

$('div').on('click', function(){ alert('div') })

$('button').on('click', function(){ alert('button') })

select button first

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 callback() {
    let that = this;

    if (this.listeners('error').length === 0) {
      this.on('error', this.onerror);
    }

    const handleRequest = (req, res) => {
      let context = that.createContext(req, res);
      this.middleware.forEach((cb, idx) => {
        try {
          cb(context);
        } catch (err) {
          that.onerror(err);
        }

        if (idx + 1 >= this.middleware.length) {
          if (res && typeof res.end === 'function') {
            res.end();
          }
        }
      });
    };
    return handleRequest;
  }

JavaScript Where To

The <script> Tag

JavaScript in <head> or <body>

You can place any number of scripts in an HTML document.

Scripts can be placed in the <body>, or in the <head> section of an HTML page, or in both.

External JavaScript

Scripts can also be placed in external files:

You can place an external script reference in <head> or <body> as you like.

The script will behave as if it was located exactly where the <script> tag is located.

External JavaScript Advantages

Placing scripts in external files has some advantages:

  • It separates HTML and code

  • It makes HTML and JavaScript easier to read and maintain

  • Cached JavaScript files can speed up page loads

To add several script files to one page - use several script tags:

<script src="myScript1.js"></script>

External References

script src="https://www.w3schools.com/js/myScript1.js"></script

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