Advanced JavaScript

These sections explain advanced JavaScript functionality, such as recursion, arrays, troubleshooting, and so on.

In This Section

Advanced Object Creation: Explains how to use constructors to instantiate and initialize a particular type of object.
Recursion: Explains how JavaScript uses recursion and looping.
Variable Scope: Describes the distinction between global and local scopes.
Copying, Passing, and Comparing Data: Explains the concept of passing by value or by reference.
Using Arrays: Describes the concept of arrays in JavaScript.
Special Characters: Lists the characters that allow you to include in strings characters you cannot type directly.
Troubleshooting Your Scripts: Explains how to find common script errors.
Conditional Compilation: Describes the statements that JavaScript uses compile depending on specific conditions.
Conditional Compilation Variables: Lists the variables that are available for conditional compilation.
Strict Mode: Explains the use of strict mode.