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Muhammad Ali (Nerdjfpb)
Muhammad Ali (Nerdjfpb)

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Day 8 – Var vs Let vs Const -Learning Node JS In 30 Days [Mini series]

Today we’re going to learn about var vs let vs const

Before ES6 VAR was the King. We used var in everywhere we wants to declare a variable

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var variables can be re-declared and updated

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Now we divide var with two different types one CONST & other LET

CONST is declared for those value which will not changed anytime! Or will not be updated at any point. const cannot be updated or re-declared, this will lead you to an error you if try

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We use LET when their is a change of updating the variable

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LET can be updated but not re-declared. This will give a error you can’t run code

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So in es6 we use LET & CONST not Var!

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Adam Crockett 🌀

I constantly use const, but don't let me get started on this subject, I varely use var. 🥁

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Muhammad Ali (Nerdjfpb)

That's good! Var was mainly used before const and let.