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Object-Oriented JavaScript

You're reading from   Object-Oriented JavaScript Learn everything you need to know about object-oriented JavaScript (OOJS)

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785880568
Length 550 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Stoyan STEFANOV Stoyan STEFANOV
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Object-Oriented JavaScript FREE CHAPTER 2. Primitive Data Types, Arrays, Loops, and Conditions 3. Functions 4. Objects 5. ES6 Iterators and Generators 6. Prototype 7. Inheritance 8. Classes and Modules 9. Promises and Proxies 10. The Browser Environment 11. Coding and Design Patterns 12. Testing and Debugging 13. Reactive Programming and React A. Reserved Words B. Built-in Functions
C. Built-in Objects D. Regular Expressions
E. Answers to Exercise Questions

JavaScript call stack

In JavaScript, function calls form a stack of frames. Consider the following example:

    function c(z2) { 
        console.log(new Error().stack); 
    } 
    function b(z1) { 
        c(z1+ 1); 
    } 
    function a(z) { 
        b(z + 1); 
    } 
    a(1);  
 
    //at c (eval at <anonymous>) 
    //at b (eval at <anonymous>) 
    //at a (eval at <anonymous>) 

When we call function a(), the first frame in the stack is created with arguments to the function and all local variables in the a()function. When function a() calls function b(), a second frame is created and pushed to the top of the stack. This goes on for all function calls. When the c()function returns, the top frame from the stack is popped out, leaving functions b() and a(); this goes on until the entire stack is empty. This is necessary to maintain because once the function finishes execution, JavaScript will need to know where to return.

Message queue

The JavaScript runtime contains...

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