Functions are one of the fundamental building blocks in JavaScript.
In JavaScript we have three type of function:
function declaration, function expression, arrow function
Function Declaration:
function declaration (also called a function definition, or function statement) consists of the function keyword:
With function declaration, I can call the function before I define it in the code
Function Expression:
function expression(anonymous function) || remember expression produce a value, that's why we did store in a variable.
With function expression I can NOT call the function before I define it in the code.
Internally this happens because of a process called Hoisting.
Arrow Function
arrow function (just added to JavaScript in ES6).
In one line, without explicitly write the "return"
What type of function should I use?
Arrow functions, since they are easy to write, the answer is NO.
Because there is a fundamental difference, between the arrow function and more traditional functions (function declaration).
In fact the arrow function do NOT get so called this
keyword
Function Calling other function
Summary
Most of the time you are gonna use function expression a lot, in JavaScript functions are actually just values.
So just as a number or a string or a boolean value.
Function is NOT a type:
It's not like a string or number type, it's a value
And because it's a value, that's why we can store it in a variable as we did above, the whole function get store it in a variable calcAge2
.
I hope that helps I tried my best to explain the main different there's actually more that I did not cover.
And thank you if you read till here really appreciate it.
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