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JavaScript function is also a constructor?

JavaScript function is also a “constructor.” You must have heard it many times, haven’t you? Well, that is a wrong way of interpreting the JavaScript function; even though you can create an object using a function, it does not mean you can call it a constructor. Let us discuss it: There are four ways toContinueContinue reading “JavaScript function is also a constructor?”

Why use new.target inside a function in JavaScript – Simplified

There are four invocation patterns in JavaScript, which means you can call a function in four possible ways. They are, Function Invocation PatternConstructor Invocation PatternMethod Invocation PatternIndirect Invocation Pattern Essentially, these four-invocation patterns determine the value of ‘this’ object inside a function.  Let us consider the function created below, function add(num1, num2) {     console.log(this); // global object  } let a = add(8, 9);  In theContinueContinue reading “Why use new.target inside a function in JavaScript – Simplified”