The most repeated questions I met with on job interviews (part 1)

A wiseman once said : "If you can not explain it, you do not understand it". A few years ago, when I had searched for a job as a student I went through a lot of interviews. For web positions related to Javascript, there were some questions which repeat regularly. And it makes sense, to asked them also today.

const vs let vs var

const keyword create block scope variable and prevents its value to be reassigned by a new value. However, important thing is that it does not restrict to change the internal state of the object.

let is block-scope variable while var is function-scope variable.

'===' vs '==' comparison

=== is strict comparison, it checks value and type of value as well, so 1 === "1" returns false, the opposite of that is == comaparison which checks only value so 1 == "1" returns true.

Can we compare two objects with '===' ?

NO. Object is reference type. Two distinct object never be equal even they have same property. That's why you will get false when you are using '===' comparison. In Javascript also exist built-in function Object.is(value1, value2) EDIT: which returns true if objects are equals, otherwise it returns false.

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Comments

[Sylvie Fiquet]

I was surprised by your assertion that you can use Object.is to compare two objects instead of === so I looked it up on MDN. Like ===, Object.is compares references. It will return false for two distinct objects with the same properties.

The only difference between Object.is() and === is in their treatment of signed zeroes and NaNs.

[Jakub Smetanka]

You are right, thanks, I have edited text

[Piyush Jain]

Nice Article Jakub...

[yossarian]

Bte, sometimes I use === to compare obj ref

[Arohi7892]

Very Insightful Blog!

[Timothy Brown]

Short and useful! Great article!

[Mihir Rane]

Short and to the point. Really helpful article, thanks!

[Roland Doda]

I don't think that Object.is returns true if objects are equal:

var foo = { a: 1 };
var bar = { a: 1 };
Object.is(foo, bar); // false

Even empty arrays are not equal:
Object.is([], []); // false

[Jakub Smetanka]

Thanks, my bad. I have edited it.

[Caio frias]

Nice iniciative bro, most of my interviews i encounter with these questions.

[Jakub Smetanka]

Glad to hear that